Rebecka Sheffield is an archivist, scholar, and policy advisor. She is a Senior Policy Advisor of the Archives of Ontario and teaches information science in American and Canadian universities.
Rebecka Sheffield | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1976 |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | archivist, scholar, records manager |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | The Emergence, Development and Survival of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives [1] (2015) |
| Doctoral advisor | Patrick Keilty |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Archives of Ontario, Simmons University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto |
Biography edit
Rebecka Sheffield is a previous director of the ArQuives: Canada's LGBTQ2+ Archives and vice-president of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA).[1][2][3] She has a bachelor's degree in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master's Degree in archival studies from the University of Toronto and a PhD from the University of Toronto in collaboration with the Mark S. Bonham Center for Sexual Diversity Studies.[4][5]
Sheffield is a scholar in archival science. She is the author of Documenting Rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times, which discusses the relationship between archives and social movements within the LGBTQ2+ community.[6] She has also worked as a public advocate about the preservation of queer cultural history in Toronto.[7][8]
Intellectual contribution edit
Rebecka Sheffield's archival contributions focuses on community archives, and historical and cultural heritage movements in LGBTQ2+ communities.[7]
Sheffield is the lead of an archival and artistic project The Bedside Table Archives, which documents objects found on the bedside tables of lesbian and queer women.[9] The project focuses on the home as a space for identity construction while questioning the heteronormativity of such spaces.
She has also published Documenting rebellions: A Study of Four Lesbian and Gay Archives in Queer Times, which focuses on four institutions that preserve the records of queer folk.
Publications edit
- Documenting rebellions : A study of four lesbian and gay archives in queer times. Litwin Books, 2020.[10]
- "Archival Optimism, or, How to Sustain a Community Archives." Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity. Facet Publishing, 2020.[11]
- "Community Archives." Currents of Archival Thinking, 2nd Edition. 2017.: 351–376.[12]
- "Take Me Away to Another World ." Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer. Toronto: CoachHouse Press, 2017.[13]
- "Privacy, Context & Pride: The Management of Digital Photographs in a Queer Archives." Queers Online: LGBT Digital Practices in Libraries, Archives, and Museums. Litwin Books, 2015.[14]
- "The Bedside Table Archives: Archive Intervention and Lesbian Intimate Domestic Culture." Radical History Review, n°120 (2014): 108–120.[15]
References edit
- ^ "The ArQuives welcomes new Executive Director/Archives Manager". The ArQuives. 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Rebecka Sheffield Steps Down". The ArQuives. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Association of Canadian Archivists - Board of Directors". archivists.ca. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Rebecka Sheffield". rebeckasheffield.academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ ORCID. "Rebecka Sheffield (0000-0003-0762-2550)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ Sheffield, Rebecka Taves (2020). Documenting rebellions a study of four lesbian and gay archives in queer times. ISBN 978-1-63400-113-7. OCLC 1178650880.
- ^ a b Micaleff, Shawn (3 July 2015). "Taking pride in preserving Toronto's queer culture: Collection began 40 years ago with the files of the activist Body Politic newspaper". The Toronto Star. p. L2. 1692907136 – via Proquest Canadian Major Dailies.
- ^ Leong, Melissa (19 Feb 2011). "Queer & far; As many in the community move elsewhere, the Gay Village works to develop a new identity". The National Post. p. TO 01. 853016993 – via Proquest Major Canadian Dailies.
- ^ "Bedside Table Archives". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Documenting rebellions". archive.wikiwix.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity | ALA Store". www.alastore.ala.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ MacNeil, Heather; Eastwood, Terry (2017). Currents of Archival Thinking, 2nd Edition. OCLC 1084967228.
- ^ "Jen Agg, Catherine Hernandez nominated for Toronto Book Awards | CBC Books". CBC. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ "Queers Online". Litwin Books & Library Juice Press. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- ^ Sheffield, Rebecka Taves (2014-10-01). "The Bedside Table Archives: Archive Intervention and Lesbian Intimate Domestic Culture". Radical History Review. 2014 (120): 108–120. doi:10.1215/01636545-2703751. ISSN 0163-6545.