In this episode, we speak with Katherine Griffiths about their research project 'Going Out, Coming Out, Playing Out'. As a DJ in London in the 1980s and 1990s, Katherine collected fliers, records, and mixtapes generated by the lesbian and straight club scenes. Now, reading for a PhD in History, Katherine is using this personal collection to build a picture of an undocumented music scene that Black and white lesbians created in London in the 1980s and 1990s.
In this conversation, Katherine explains how personal ephemera can be used and engaged with as archival artefacts to evoke memories and re-collect events.
