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POLS3341: Grassroots Activisms and Social Change

Zines Are

What is a zine?

Share a word or phrase that you associate with zines. It's okay to repeat what someone else said!

  • Original
  • Informal--doesn't reproduce traditional education
  • Inclusive
  • Knowledge production
  • Intimate
  • Relationship Building
  • Handmade
  • Tactile
  • Community-building
  • Accessible

The Zine Spectrum

On the Zine Spectrum (by Lea Cooper, who has a PhD in zines)

screenshot of zine spectrum content from https://zinejam.com/blog-1/zines-101

 

  • self-published
  • handmade
  • visible authorship
  • DIY
  • counter-cultural
  • reproducible
  • visual-text-material
  • third space knowledges
  • (intentionally) limited distribution
  • self-identifies as a zine
  • not for profit
  • amateur

How are these factors present (or not) in other publishing media, e.g., Instagram, a textbook, Sidechat, the NY Times, the Free Beacon, Urban Studies journal