[Commlist] Zines assemble (conference/zine making day)

Just circulating information about an upcoming online symposium and 
hybrid zine making event which is happening on 9^th and 10^th September.

*Zines ASSEMBLE is a one-day online symposium on Friday 9th September 
2022, with formal and informal talks, presentations and sharing, 
followed by a 24-hour zine jam, with facilitated in-person and online 
zine making over the weekend of Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September.*

This event is being supported by Wellcome Collection and organised by 
Autumn Brown (Trinity College Dublin/ Science Gallery International), 
Kin Long Tong (UCL), Kirsty Fife (Manchester Metropolitan University), 
Lea Cooper (University of Kent/Wellcome Collection) and Tamsin Walker 
(UCLAN).

*Online Symposium: Call for Submissions *

“Zines”, broadly defined as an independent and Do-it-Yourself (DIY) form 
of paper publication (Kempson, 2015), have gained global visibility in 
recent decades. Zine practices continue to evolve, taking on new forms - 
for example, digital zines (Afrin, 2022; Millward, 2008). In research 
zines emerge as: affective forms of life writing; artistic practice; 
“resistive texts” challenging, queery-ing or subverting mainstream 
discourses;  and/or as an alternative economy producing textual or 
embodied communities or networks (Duncombe, 1997; Licona, 2012; Zobl, 
2009; Chidgey, 2013; Ramdarshan Bold, 2017; Watson and Bennett, 2021; 
Brouwer and Licona, 2016; Piepmeier, 2009; Poletti, 2008). However, 
despite the significant potentialities of zines, their use as research 
method (French, Curd, 2021; Ptolomey, 2020) and their growing presence 
in libraries and archives (Eichhorn, 2013; Lymn, 2014; Wooten and Bly, 
2013; Fife, 2019; Chidgey, 2006), this creative medium/media is still 
under-researched. As well as offering possibilities, zines present 
challenges to researchers working with them. More work is needed to 
explore the context, dynamics, methods, and future of zines-making and 
zines research.

Therefore, this event aims to:

  * *Promote zines studies as a transdisciplinary field*
  * *Advance a particular agenda for zines research*
  * *Provide a space for building connections with zines researchers
    across the globe*
  * *Bridge the gaps between creative, professional and academic practices*

Full programme and (free) registration info here: 
https://zinejam.com/zines-assemble-symposium 
<https://zinejam.com/zines-assemble-symposium>


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