Reflektioner om samskapande kunskapsproduktion. Bokprojektet Queera historier från Malmö

The anthology Queera historier från Malmö (Queer histories from Malmö) was created between June 2020 and August 2021. The initiative came from two associate professors at a Swedish university. However, most of the chapters in the anthology were written by people outside the academy. This article is co-written by two of the writers and the two initiators and editors of the anthology. It is an attempt of emancipatory writing where different thoughts on the process in which the anthology was created meet each other. By keeping the text open and dialogical, the aim has been to shift the positions – here, the editors should no longer be those who commented on the writers’ texts, but instead those who received comments and remarks. In this, the somewhat chaotic creative process of co-created storytelling is made visible, and the article becomes a knowledge contribution concerning power dynamics in co-writing as well as to local LGBTQ history.