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Barnard Pre-College ProgramDocumenting the Present: the Art of Attention

Professor Sara Marcus

Librarian Jenna FreedmanJune 26, 2013

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craft in zines

Choose a zine, report back on one or more of these questions:

● Why did the artist/writer choose this medium? How does its communication style differ from online media?

● How do the visual elements or style support or contradict the text?

● What does the zine reveal--whether directly or indirectly--about its maker's life and the world and times she lives in?

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introduction to zines

● Definition● History ● Types

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the people's medium

● Who makes zines?● Why do they do it?

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library stuff

● Zines website● Using CLIO to find zines● Be our friend on

Facebook, Flickr, LiveJournal, or MySpace. Follow the library on Twitter.

● Contact Jenna Freedman [email protected], 212.854.4615, IM: BarnardLibJenna