COMING TO A CLOSE This summer semester of 2021 I have worked thoughtfully and rigorously within an archive of LGBTQ history centered in Central Florida. I first conceived this project of video pathways into the collection with a fellow Board Member of the Museum as a 10-video project. …

University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Blvd. Orlando, Florida, 32816 SCRIPT INTRO: I’m Nikki Fragala Barnes with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida. In the summer of 2021, I served as an intern while earning my PhD in Texts and Technology as a curator and public historian. This…

Turkey Lake Park, 3401 S Hiawassee Rd, Orlando, FL 32835 SCRIPT INTRO: I’m Nikki Fragala Barnes with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida. In the summer of 2021, I served as an intern while earning my PhD in Texts and Technology as a curator and public historian. This is…

[Previously in this series, a summer internship with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida: Intro/Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9.] RETURNING TO RESEARCH + DRAWING BOARDS This week I…

[Previously in this series, a summer internship with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida: Intro/Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 10.] PUBLIC HISTORY = PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP Foundational to public history…

[Previously in this series, a summer internship with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida: Intro/Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 9.] EXPERIENCE = RESHOOT After filming the pilot episode three times, I learned…

[Previously in this series, a summer internship with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida: Intro/Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 8 | Week 9.] DRAFTING BOILERPLATE This week I built the templates for the boilerplate language…

[Previously in this series, a summer internship with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida: Intro/Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 7.] DRAFTING GUIDING MEASURES The AHA created a set of working guides for digital history projects. The National Humanities…

[Previously in this series, a summer internship with the LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida: Intro/Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 6 | Week 7.] This week we in Central Florida marked the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub tragedy, which claimed the…