Hannah McKenzie

Hannah McKenzie

She/Her/Hers

Bates College

Hannah McKenzie

Project

Community self-organization in queer and lesbian nightlife spaces

  • Brazil
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  • South Africa
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  • Mozambique
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  • Rwanda
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  • Georgia
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  • Armenia
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  • Germany
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  • Malaysia
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  • South Korea

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Queer protagonists utilize nightlife as both a celebration and a practical gathering—for social resistance and political activism, public health care, and other forms of community-led support. Considering my most personal questions about humanitarianism, I spent the year in nightclubs at the grassroots and in the underground, exploring how people draw on resources within their own communities to seek empowerment in creative ways.

Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation
Hannah McKenzie traveling with the Watson Foundation

2023 Fellows