Queer Archive for Memory, Reflection and Activism
QAMRA
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Contact details
QAMRA Archival Project at NLSIU
Sri Narayan Rao Melgiri Memorial National Law Library
National Law School of India University
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru – 560072
About us
The Queer Archive for Memory, Reflection and Activism (QAMRA) is a physical multimedia archive of individual and collective narratives of the queer movement in India. The archive seeks to preserve and collect these memories in order to safeguard the rich and diverse histories of queer lives, reflect on how the past can offer insights to the future and to serve as a repository for activists and community members to use in sustaining and building the queer movement in India. The material includes legal documents, books, newspaper clippings, photographs, sound recordings, letters, personal memorabilia and moving images donated by different individuals and organisations.
Since 2020, QAMRA is an independent project located at the National Law School of India library, Bengaluru and hence is referred to as QAMRA Archival Project at NLSIU. QAMRA is responsible for raising its financial resources, while the University provides infrastructure. This association hopes to further the preservation and research outcomes from the holdings of the archive.