Zines as community archive

Sarah Baker; Zelmarie Cantillon

doi:10.1007/s10502-022-09388-1

Zines as community archive

Sarah Baker
, Zelmarie Cantillon

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

Zines are self-published, do-it-yourself booklets that have a long history as tools for activism in social movements. While archival studies has already explored the collection and preservation of zines as cultural artefacts, this article explores the capacity for zines to act as a form of community archive. The article examines See You at the Paradise, a zine co-created with Norfolk Island community members for a research project focused on Kingston and Arthur's Vale Historic Area. Drawing on Michelle Caswell's six principles of community archive discourse"”participation, shared stewardship, multiplicity, activism, reflexivity, valuing affect"”we analyse the extent to which zines and zine-making, as product and process, can be understood as community archive. In doing so, we propose collaborative reminiscence as a seventh principle. The article finds that zines, as community archive, work to strengthen the presence of marginalised voices in dominant historical narratives while also offering an important resource for community-building and political resistance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	539-561
Number of pages	23
Journal	Archival Science
Volume	22
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10502-022-09388-1
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

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