Date & time
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
12 p.m. – 1 p.m.
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Zines as a form of material resistance
Speaker(s)
Kevin Yuen Kit Lo
Cost
This event is free and open to the public
Organization
Loy. Coll. Diversity & Sustainability & Sustainability Res. Cntr / Dept. Design & Computation Arts
Contact
Where
J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
4TH SPACE
Accessible location
Yes
This talk will provide a conceptual overview of the unique characteristics of zines as a form of publishing and their role in movements of social and political resistance; against capitalist frameworks of commodification and accumulation and for the viability and sustainability of the commons. Examples, including my the speaker's own zine project Four Minutes to Midnight (2004-2014), will be discussed, followed by a zine-making workshop.
Kevin Yuen Kit Lo
About the speaker
Kevin Yuen Kit Lo is Assistant Professor of Communication Design and Visual Culture in the Department of Design and Computation Arts. He works at the intersections of graphic design, cultural production, and social change with a research focus on publication practices and social movements. His research is invested in exploring the tensions between material and relational studies of design as a means of fostering greater social and political autonomy.
This event is brought to you by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, and the Department of Design and Computation Arts in collaboration with 4TH SPACE, with the support of the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies; the Office of Sustainability; the School of Community and Public Affairs and First Peoples Studies; the Science College; and the Departments of Communication Studies; Geography, Planning and Environment; and Political Science at Concordia University.
This event will contribute to the Sustainability in Research section of Concordia's Sustainability Action Plan by increasing the visibility of sustainability research at Concordia.
This event is part of:
In.site2 and Sustainability across disciplines