ECU Zine Lab First Workshop is a Success

The ECU Zine Lab’s first workshop, March 28-29, has produced more than a dozen themed zines.

The new zine lab, a collaboration with Missouri S&T through a PIT-UN grant, leverages zine-making as a public-interest technology to instill communication, collaboration, and content creation skills. Dr. Erin Clark is the project leader at ECU; the lab is part of her research on gender justice and technological equity.

This innovative community outreach project will support participant-produced zines. Four zines will cover gender-affirming technologies, reproductive healthcare technologies, technologies affecting survivors of gender violence, and technologies affecting women and gender minorities on campus. Scholars, students, and community partners will collaboratively edit these zines, and zine-making workshops will promote community engagement and expression.