‘Zines’ are DIY magazines which can include collages of poems, photos, essays or other kinds of art. One of the strengths of this DIY format is how it embraces and uplifts a diversity of voices. We’re inviting participants to create zines as windows into a new world.
At the start of the workshop we will discuss themes of digital feminism and how it confronts gender inequality, racism, ableism, transphobia and other forms of oppression online.
If possible, please take some time to reflect on (or, if you wish, make some art in response to) the following questions:
1. What does it mean to be a feminist?
2. How can we build safer online spaces for everyone?
3. What does the ideal 2030 look like?
These ideas will be explored in smaller breakout groups where participants will craft the zines digitally and collaboratively.
Our goal is to work together with different people to creatively explore a meaningful topic. Together we will explore social issues and imagine a better world. We hope that this will inspire participants to take action or get a better understanding of the issues that affect their peers.
At the end of the workshop, you will have the option to submit your work to a zine that we will publish online together.
We're hoping that many efforts and discussions will continue after Mozfest. Share any ideas you already have for how to continue the work from your session.:We will put together zine collecting everyone's submissions and then send the final zine to you.
We will be brainstorming in Google Slides (https://www.google.co.uk/slides/about/) so feel free to play around with it before we begin, but you can also use another platform or art supplies so don't worry about the platform
How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session?:We are going to have a number of facilitators for initial discussions at the beginning. Part way through the session, we will split participants into different breakout rooms. They will then have the choice to move into different rooms in order to contribute to different themes in the zine.
Julia Slupska is a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute. She researches tech abuse like harassment and stalking, as well as how feminist theories and methods can improve cybersecurity.
Hazel is a PhD student in immersive design and digital civics. Her interests are around how we can use immersive design for social change and education.
Simran is a PhD student working on a transdisciplinary approach to sustainable HCI for alternative food systems through practices of citizen-led grassroots visioning with urban food growing communities.
Cayla is a Marie Curie Research Fellow whose work uses feminists ethics of care to investigate how ‘care’ might be used as an analytic, design, and advocacy framework for IoT.
