Zine magazines and Chapbooks – two formats that have specific structures that speak to the urgency of getting something out there, fast, with beauty.
In this recent post, The Resurgence of the Zine Culture, the writer makes a strong case for zines returning popularity.
“It’s as simple as folding some paper and letting your creativity flourish. Splatter paint on it, write words haphazardly across the page, photograph everything. You can write about cats or “Doctor Who” or the ways media is suppressing black voices. There are no rules and no limits.”
Seriously: the potential for this!! Students crave a balance between making things and screentime, though these can be published on- line too, and distributed to a wider audience. But how intimate and urgent is the passed note, the quick shout?
I am curious, though, what would be the learning target and success criteria wording?
Something to the effect, “SWBAT…
I mean, just how do I translate “But, as Rookie Magazine said, “Zine-making isn’t about rules or knowledge; it’s about freedom and power.” to a learning target?
Magical paraphrasing will come to me, no doubt.
In any case, I’m thinking this is a great idea to spark January or add to my Burning Questions unit (whenever that happens…).
But maybe that’s the point of a zine: it needs to happen right now. Maybe I’ll make one this afternoon.
