https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4 zines & alternative media en-us 2021-02-23 19:39:08 UTC 2021-03-10 18:31:35 UTC hello@padlet.com library_instruction1 https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233407215 2021-02-23 19:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233407215 library_instruction1 https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233452547 2021-02-23 19:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233452547 library_instruction1 https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233512690 If you got a zine kit in the mail or are picking one up at DH Hill, it includes: embroidery thread and needle, pre-cut paper for pages with longer colored paper to fold over as a cover, and images to collage with. You can use it to make a simple hand-sewn zine, or not! Here is a technique for stitching the book if you choose to go that route:

]]> 2021-02-23 20:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233512690 library_instruction1 https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233546205 Collage is everywhere now. We live in a culture of sampling, linking and layering references in both literal and metaphorical ways. But this practice was once subversive, and a way to push back against normative culture. The practice of slowing down with analogue materials, cutting them up & splicing them back together in new ways can be a way to meaningfully and deliberately engage with the layered nature of reality by repurposing existing cultural artifacts. It is a hands-on way to open up space for world-building and new perspectives. 
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Zines have a long history of pushing against the status quo and of engaging with alternate possibilities for reality. They began as fan fic in the 1930s, when carving out a niche community meant relying on the US postal service. The term was picked up and reimagined for different communities. The current association of zines -- with their DIY ethos and anti-establishment underpinning -- is often attributed to the feminist punk movement Riot Grrrl ]]> 2021-02-23 20:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233546205 library_instruction1 https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233584943 2021-02-23 20:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233584943 library_instruction1 https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233603570 2021-02-23 20:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/library_instruction1/jd8kstzjom7cggo4/wish/1233603570