Ethical Roadmap Zine Assignment
As a final project in this class, in groups of three or four, students will make ethical roadmap zines. This roadmap will capture your learning over the course of the semester about the values that you want to guide your career, and about the tools and skills that you have developed or want to develop to support you as you encounter bumps in the road. Your roadmap may not exceed the equivalent of 6 pieces of 8” x 11” paper, but can be formatted however you want. It will be turned in electronically. This assignment is due on March 22.
Your ethical roadmap will be graded on:
Self-awareness and depth of reflection (50%)
Recruitment of useful tools and frames from our class (and beyond if you choose) (30%)
Organization and presentation (10%)
Zines are self-published booklets that circulate between people, often within a subculture, allowing people to share ideas without engaging in formal publishing systems. You might think of them as a precursor to blogs, but they have continued to be an important form of idea sharing even after the internet made more forms of informal publishing possible.
There are many ways to create and design a zine. Your zine might include essays, useful quotes, checklists, self-assessment quizzes, maps for navigating thorny territory in your lives, letters to or from your future selves, lists of your values or commitments, images, and much more. Below you will find some examples of zines so you can get inspired by what they can look like.
Your zine should reflect and equal collaboration between partners. This assignment will account for 30% of your grade. You are expected to work on this project outside of class, but some class time will be provided to allow you to meet with your group, in recognition of your varied schedules.
Examples of Zines
(Note: Some zines are laid out to be printed and folded, so that they read as a booklet. Others are made to be read online. Check out the page numbers if you are reading online to make sure you are reading the pages in order or it might be confusing, if it was designed to be printed and folded. If you decide to layout your zine to be folded, here are some instructions for different approaches.)
Self As Other: Reflections on Self-Care
Students Guide to Radical Healing
You Don’t Have to Love Your Body to Take Care of It
Asian American Feminist Antibodies (Care in the Time of Coronavirus)
Asian American Feminist Collective: How to Make History
Miklat Miklat: A Transformative Justice Zine
How to Talk to Your Mexican Family About Racism
From Banks and Tanks to Cooperation and Caring: A Strategic Framework for a Just Transition
Mapping Our Madness: A Workbook for Navigating Crisis, Extreme States, or Just Foul Moods