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SOCIBC3946: Global Health, Politics, and Society

Think, Pair, Share

Think

Look over the zine you borrowed. Read it. Make note of anything that jumps out at you.

Things to consider: 

  • What makes the zine special?
  • How is it bound?
  • Is it handmade or digital?
  • Is it an individual or group zine?
  • Does it use text? Image? Both?
    • What is the significance of this?
  • What is the genre?

Trade zines with a partner

Do the same as above with your partner's zine. What jumps out at you?

Discuss with your partner

  • What does the zine say about its creator--directly or indirectly?
  • Why do you think they chose a zine as their medium? Do you think they would have been more or less successful if they had chosen a different medium?
  • Did the creator effectively deliver their message?
  • How does the zine make you feel?
  • Are there any elements that you will incorporate into your zine?

Share with the group.

The Zine Spectrum

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

 

A range of spectrums:

 

 

 

 

 

  • 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

Citing zines