FYSB 1744: Here/There: Migrant Narratives

This guide accompanies a workshop held in the Barnard Zine Library for Professor Ula's First Year Seminar class. Session led by zine library director Jenna Freedman

Read and Discuss

Read More Zines

Read/skim a zine for two minutes, pass it counter clockwise, and read the next for two minutes for four rounds. (8-10 minutes)

Discuss in groups of two or three (5-10 minutes)

What appeals to you (or not) about one or more of the zines? What moves you?
With regard to the Piepmeier reading, how do the zine graphics complement or complicate the text?
How might the zines you read inform persuasive writing, like your op-ed assignment?

Discuss with the full group (10-15 minutes)

Zines Are

What is a zine?

share a word or phrase that personifies zines to you (five minutes)

Nijsten, Nina. Scissors & Chainsaws No. 2 : Diary Comic Zine Made in July 2020 During International Zine Month. Gent, Belgium: Nina Nijsten, 2020.