During the project, there will be two months of community consultation with the queer nightlife collectives of Berlin. Working in partnership with local activist resource centre, aquea and collectives whom share a deep commitment to and involvement in electronic music in the city's nightlife economies. With the main research question being: What kind of research (topics, methods, and outputs) would be meaningful, useful, and less harmful to queer nightlife communities?
The intended outcomes of this will be to develop a Digital Toolkit, outlining best practices, community needs/priorities, and common challenges to queer nightlife research. Intended primarily as a resource for community members, but also a general readership. Also, a Methodological Whitepaper, covering the same issues but focused more narrowly on impacting researcher practice.
In addition to specific outputs, these research activities aim to build community trust and familiarity with nightlife research. While also providing tools for both researchers and community members to engage more safely and sensitively with each other.
