zines microteach
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Reading zines
Draft presentation & activity…
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Reading zines
• Introduction to zines• How to ‘read’ zines – text &
image• Reading zines activity in pairs• Post photo & ideas to Padlet
wall• Feedback to group(zine- notsecret)
What are fanzines/zines?
• Fanzines to zines • Self-published, non-profit• Free form controls of normal
publishing• Usually DIY aesthetic• Various materials• Recent resurgence – zine fairs (zine- Bast)
What are zines about?
• ‘Original fanzines’• Punk zines, music zines • Photography • Comics & illustration• Craft (knitting, zine making)• Gender & feminism• Political modern zines• Perzines (personal focus)
Visual literacy
“Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognises before it can
speak. But there is also another way in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in
the surrounding world…”
John Berger (1972) Ways of Seeing
Zines as cultural artefacts
• Shift from political to personal• Personal & social context are
important• Zines are cultural artefacts (zine - Sniffin glue)
Manipulation
Reproduction
Typography
Think about words and image
Even the choice of typography contains meaning
Activity
• In pairs pick out a zine that interests
you• 2 mins individual reflection • Discuss the zine pairs, using
questions as prompts• Take photo of zine and post
thoughts to Padlet wall
Example Padlet wall…
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