The Creative Justice Initiative and Belk Library and Information Commons invite students to author original zines on topics including, but not limited to:
- Creative Justice
- Just Futures
- Geopoetics and/or climate justice
- Digital Poetics
- Unheard voices/invisible histories
- Hope in a Post-Covid World
These topics are open to interpretation by the authors. Zines can be solo-authored, or co-authored by pairs or small groups of students.
Zines will be digitized and archived in the Special Collections Research Center as rare books. This zine-making event is part of an initiative to have more student voices represented in the library and its collections as knowledge and cultural producers.
For two weeks, beginning on April 4th, zines will be available to the public to enjoy through a digital exhibition. Once campus has been opened as normal, zines will be available for in-person viewing in special collections.
Logistics:
Students requiring materials with which to make zines can obtain a zine kit from the Library by filling out this google form. Kits will be distributed on a first come, first served basis until they are gone. The deadline to request zine kits is February 12.
Zines should be no longer than eight, 8 ½ x 11 pages, or sixteen pages when folded.
Zines should be completed and turned into the library byMarch 16th, 2021. There will be a clearly marked drop-box for zines on the first floor of the library. For students not in Boone or on campus, zines can be mailed.
Attn: Kimberly Sims
Special Collections Research Center
Belk Library and Information Commons
P.O. Box 32026
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC, 28608-2026
The front cover of your zine should have a clearly legible title and the name of the author. Inside the front cover of your zine should be the full name of the author, class of _______, the date the zine was completed, and a three-sentence synopsis of the content of your zine for cataloguing.
If you are new to zine-making, please join Creative Justice Institute Coordinator Cara Hagan for a zine-making workshop on Wednesday, February 3rd from 6-8pm, online. The origins and history of zines will be discussed, as well as fun ways to create pages for your zine. All levels of experience in art and writing are welcome! Please register in advance at the following link: https://appstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclc-upqT8oGd2m1R7jIF2J73YFL9pjM2lV