[Commlist] Even Information lives in DIY culture

/Information Lives in DIY Culture/

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Date: 15^th November 2025

Location: Manchester Metropolitan University

Information Lives in DIY Culture is a day-long event about the 
relationship between DIY cultures (grassrootsandpolitical 
culturesandpractices)andinformation, archives, librariesandheritage.

Examples of this include (by aren’t limited to!) setting up 
physicaland/or digital grassroots librariesandarchives (e.g., Salford 
Zine Library, Manchester Digital Music Archive), collaborations between 
institutionsandDIY cultural organisers (e.g., People’s History 
MuseumandOver Here Zine Fest), archives of grassroots cultureandsocial 
movements),andpeople with a background in DIY culture working in 
information organisationsandthe information sector.

The event will be informalanddifferent to more traditional academic 
conferences. Anyone is welcome to attend, including people involved in 
DIY cultures (for instance musicians, zine makers, organisers), people 
who work or volunteer in information organisations (libraries, archives, 
museumsandmore!)andpeople doing research (in universities or any other 
spaces!). This event aims to bring together people in each of these 
spaces so that we can learn from each other, share 
skillsandknowledge,andmake connections that help sustain our endeavours 
in the future.

At the minute, we are looking for people who would like to take part in 
the day by delivering or facilitating an activity. There are lots of 
options – you could:

·Run a workshop or skills sharing session with a small (10-15 people) or 
large (30-50 people) group

·Facilitate a discussion with a small group (10-15 people)

·Give a short talk about a relevant topic (5-10 minutes)

·Give a longer talk about a relevant topic or project (30 minutes 
including questions)

·Coordinate a larger discussion with 3-4 people on stageandan audience 
(like a panel discussion).

·Have a stall at the event

·Run a pop-up zine library or share an archive at the event

·Do a performance

·Screen a film

·Contribute information or resources to a zine

·Do something else that we haven’t listed as yet!

Suggestions for subjects or themes could include:

  * DIYandgrassroots history projects
  * Zine libraries
  * Oral history projects
  * How politics of DIY cultures relate to archives,
    heritageandinformation work
  * Archives of DIY cultures, social movementsandother grassroots cultures
  * Fan archives
  * Queer/QTIPOC archives
  * Ethicsandarchives
  * Digital archives
  * Information architectureanddata protection in DIY
    projectsandactivist campaigns
  * Information sharingandinformation seeking within DIY culture
  * Processes in archive/library/information work including cataloguing,
    classification, description, digitisation
  * Experiences of working in/with DIY cultural archives, libraries or
    history projects
  * Wikis

Payments of £150 will be available for 10 speakers/facilitators who are 
not funded to attend by their workplace, or who are in precarious 
employment.

You can submit your idea for us to consider viathis form 
<https://forms.office.com/e/WWgb85Rtrc>(deadline: 25^th September).

Tickets will be released in early Octoberandwill be available on a 
sliding scale (starting at £0). If you would like to attend the event, 
you can register your interesthere 
<https://forms.office.com/e/1M2LpTaEDX>. Kirsty Fife will contact you as 
soon as tickets for the event are released.

There is £1000 available to support travel or accommodation costs for 
people who would otherwise struggle to attend. Information about these 
will be released with tickets.

This event is funded by Manchester Metropolitan University’sAHEADprogramme

Contact: Kirsty Fife <(K.Fife /at/ MMU.AC.UK)>
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