Queer lives are shaped and constrained by the data collected on us and the boxes we are classified into. - Queer Data, Kevin Guyan
Join author Kevin Guyan to discuss the ethics of gathering data by, for, and about LGBTQIA+ communities.
Some of the issues Kevin highlights have informed a new piece of research by PJ Annand and Stef Garasto for QUEERCIRCLE looking at how LGBTQIA+ organisations could approach data gathering ourselves, exploring how we can better operate from a position of transparency and trust.
Biographies
Kevin Guyan is a researcher whose work explores the intersection of data and identity, particularly as it relates to LGBTQ people in the UK. He is a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and previously worked for a higher education organization that focuses on equality, diversity and inclusion among staff and students in universities and colleges. His latest book: Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Classifications and the Dangers of Inclusion (Bloomsbury), published in June.
PJ Annand (they/any) is a researcher and illustrator working on health, care and social justice. PJ runs the Queering Shelter project exploring LGBTQ+ understandings of home and ‘safe spaces’. PJ also facilitates the Reject Lounge, an academic-artist-activist space for creativity and connection. PJ is all about community-embedded, collaborative inquiry. Nothing about us without us.
Stef Garasto (they/them) is a Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Greenwich. With a background in mathematics and quantitative research in a wide variety of fields, they still haven’t figured out what their one-line research interest is. Currently, though, one of Stef’s main research interests is the intersection between data science and queerness, using computational and participatory approaches.