Beyond the Paywall: Academizines and Reclaiming Knowledge Production

In celebration of Open Access Week, join us for a mini Zine Fair and an introduction to the scholarly communication practice and ethos around academizines - a powerful form of expression that embraces critical making and sharing knowledge outside of commercial publishing models. We will talk through the Academizines! Manifesto, exploring how the inherently low-cost, anti-corporate nature of the zine format offers an antidote to the prohibitive costs of publishing today (from massive subscription fees to proprietary data extraction). Through a mini Zine Fair, we will showcase the many ways researchers openly share their work through zines and thereby challenge and reclaim the cost of knowledge production. We encourage you to bring your favorite scholarly zines (or ideas!) to share, or join us at our zine crafting station if you want to draft a new one. Materials and refreshments provided.