P.I. : Alexandra Teixeira Riggs, PhD Candidate, Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology

As record management systems increasingly rely on GenAI to parse and retrieve data, LGBTQIA+ knowledge that is not easily categorized or indexed is left out, resulting in an increasingly narrow representation of queer identities and histories. “Generating Queer Histories” proposes to critically examine the role of AI in historical representation and reflects on how AI might be (mis)used to reconceptualize lost archival ephemera from personal queer histories. Researchers on the project will use GenAI to create images of archival records–ephemera, places, or memories evocative of queer history. They will then annotate, question, and reconfigure these visualizations by hand, concurrently noting and reflecting on GenAI’s role in representing historical data.