[Commlist] Final CfP: Zines and self-publishing in Chinese cultures

*Zines and self-publishing in Chinese cultures*

Date: January 14th and 21st

Time: 09:00 - 17:00 GMT

Format: Online, but we can help organise regional clusters for those who 
wish to take part communally and offline

Submission Deadline: November 26th [*Extended: *December 3rd]

Contact: (carwyn.morris /at/ manchester.ac.uk)

Submission:https://forms.gle/Ukq7kSZWEPYbUMsL7 
<https://forms.gle/Ukq7kSZWEPYbUMsL7>
*Full CfP*: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jzuvx4PAhK15B0Z6wHlJ-_Roo91PaYjXm9CI_8SOVMc/edit?usp=sharing 
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jzuvx4PAhK15B0Z6wHlJ-_Roo91PaYjXm9CI_8SOVMc/edit?usp=sharing>
*Output*: A special issue in theBritish Journal of Chinese Studies 
<https://bjocs.site/index.php/bjocs>

Theme: A two-day conference exploring zines and self-publishing in 
Chinese cultures. The conference encourages submissions from any 
intellectual, academic or artistic perspective, and we further encourage 
contributions that explore zines and self-publishing related to feminist 
perspectives and LGBTQI+ themes. Zines, often forms of do-it-yourself 
self-published booklets, were thought by many to be a potential casualty 
of the digital age. Rather than losing their relevance, zines have 
re-emerged as a profound, powerful, and intimate form of story-telling, 
information sharing and artistic practice. Yet, while zines are 
increasingly popular, published research on zines in Chinese cultures is 
still limited. This is surprising, as zines in Chinese cultures have 
been used to tell many academically relevant stories, including stories 
of protest, migrant lives, diasporic thought, racism, food cultures, 
gender inequality and LGBTQI+ struggles. This conference seeks to 
stimulate conversations and research directions on zines and 
self-publishing inChinese cultures and to bring together academics and 
non-academics to encourage future collaboration.

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As an emerging area of research, the conference is not limited to 
'experts' in any field, we seek to bring interested parties together 
to imagine new possibilities. This may include, but is definitely not 
limited to, (i) those researching zines related to Chinese cultures, 
(ii) scholars of zines more broadly, (iii) scholars of self-published 
and/or feminist media related to Chinese cultures, (iv) those teaching 
about zines and self-published media and (v) those producing zines and 
self-published media. To help discuss these issues we have several 
academic and non-academics already confirmed as taking part in the 
conference, includingLittle Mountain Press 
<https://www.littlemountainpress.com/>,Zine Coop 
<https://zinecoop.org/en>,Krish Raghav 
<https://twitter.com/krishraghav>,Rosemary Clark-Parsons 
<https://www.sp2.upenn.edu/people/view/rosemary-clark-parsons/>,Melanie 
Ramdarshan Bold 
<https://www.ucl.ac.uk/information-studies/melanie-ramdarshan-bold>,Hongwei 
Bao <https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/people/hongwei.bao>,Dian Dian 
<https://emory.academia.edu/DianDian>,Kirsty Fife 
<https://www.mmu.ac.uk/infocomms/staff/profile/index.php?id=5329>,Denise 
Kwan <https://www.objectstories.co.uk/> andKin Long Tong 
<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344709339_DIY_Print_Activism_in_Digital_Age_Zines_in_Hong_Kong's_Social_Movements>. 
We have a range of zine and self-published media producers from Chinese 
cultures around the world taking part. We will also be hosting two 
online zine making workshops from zine makers working in Chinese 
cultures to help further explore practices of zine making and 
self-publishing.

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We encourage submissions of individual papers and full sessions, 
including experimental formats, onany topic related to zines and 
self-publishing in Chinese cultures. Please use the Google Form above to 
submit an abstract or a session. You can read the Full CfP and see the 
conference poster through the Google Doc linked above. If you would like 
more information, or wish to discuss a potential contribution, feel free 
to email me. I would appreciate if you could submit your rough/non-final 
abstract or session idea by December 3rd.

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