Session Name: New frontiers in 'zineing': zines as process and modes of recovery
Conference: RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2022, Newcastle University (UK), 30th August - 2nd September
Session Organisers: Daniel Jones and Jen Bagelman (Newcastle University)
Deadline: 16th March 2022
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Call for papers below:
Zines (small-circulation self-published works of original and reused texts, images…) have long existed as a powerful way to share ideas that might not fit neatly within conventional publishing outlets (Ramdarshan Bold, 2017). The exploration of zines within geography has gained momentum in recent years. Zines have been explored as a pedagogical tool (Bagelman, 2016), research method (Fannin, 2020; Hawkins, 2019), and tool for building complex solidarities (Schilt, 2003; Smith, 2012). This session seeks to expand recent conversations surrounding zine-based methods, moving past capitalist notions of zine-making as a product towards a more process-oriented consideration of ‘zineing’.
This session takes inspiration from Jones’ (forthcoming) collaborative work with neurodiverse communities, and calls for the consideration of the process of zineing as vital in bringing forth new and under-represented narratives of experience, allowing the movement through and beyond recovery to be accessible for those whose voices are oftentimes suppressed. Considering these examples, along with ideas of community-making being key in the possibilities of the do-it-yourself, anti-mainstream positioned, intimate acts of zine making (Watson and Bennett, 2020), we pose the following questions:
- How might zineing, as a mode of alternative knowledge-making, enable communities to stay with, move through, and/or push beyond trouble?
- How do zines and the political act of zineing contribute to allowing rebellion, resistance and recovery within communities?
- Who are the individuals/groups facilitating modes of recovery, what are the challenges in the process of zineing?
This in-person session will span two timetabled slots, the first (which will also be live-streamed) comprising of a series of presentations from researchers who incorporate zines within their research, and zine-artists/activists. The second session is intended to take place in Newcastle University’s new departmental Zine Library, and will take the form of a workshop, where we will encourage attendees to create their own (short) zines about their experiences within academic spaces, their research, and activism work – materials will be provided!
We invite papers that consider the potentialities of zines and zineing, in relation to the conference theme of geographies beyond recovery. We particularly welcome contributions from early career researchers, and those who identify as members of marginalised groups, including but not limited to queer, disabled, neurodiverse, black, ESEA, indigenous, and trans folk.
For consideration, please send an abstract of up to 250 words and/or a 1-page zine contribution to [log in to unmask]
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