About
I am a first year student in the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. My research calls into question the communication technologies and strategies both Black Trans Angelenos and local LA government utilized in the late 20th century. One key aspect of my research is understanding government databases (its source code, architecture, and interface) as a communication technology.
Prior to entering USC, I served as the 2018-20 LACMA Emerging Arts Professional Fellow, which enabled me to work with the museum’s Collection Information and Digital Assets Department. Publications
Adrienne Adams, “What Community Organizing and Database Administration Can Teach Us about the Public and Digital Humanities.” Publicly Active Graduate Education Blog Salon, Imagining America, September 25, 2020.
Adrienne Adams, “Archives and ‘Community’ Membership.” In Grit and Glamour of Queer LA Subculture. Lukes, Heather N. and David J. Kim. American Quarterly Volume 70, Number 3 (Fall 2018)
Adrienne Adams and Ajamu X, “Archives of Arousal: Diasporic Conversations in the Dark black Fuck Parties.” in Black Archivists Holding Memory, eds. Steven G. Fullwood and Miranda Mims (New York: Nomadic Archivist Press, 2023).
Projects
Grit and Glamour of Queer LA Subculture, a Scalar Book.
