Data for the People: Zines and DIY Publishing for Researchers
Data Science Research Bazaar training
Event Details
Presented by Lisa Abler, Libraries
Collaborators: Emma Bekele, Savannah Carr, Lauren Scanlon, Heather Shimon, and Hannah Swan, Libraries
Make a zine with us! Zines (bite-sized, handmade magazines) are creative, tactile expressions of an idea, experience, or point of view, usually designed to be shared and build community. Zines offer researchers a unique, artistic medium to process a complicated idea or to translate research for new audiences. This hands-on workshop will cover different kinds of zines, how to communicate a topic through visual design, and resources for further exploration. We’ll have a warm-up drawing activity and then guide you to create a page that will be collated into a community zine. Each participant will receive a copy of the finished community zine after the workshop. Zine-making supplies will be provided.
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Monday, March 9, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.