Zines microteach

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…

References

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