By Sagar Jha, Staff Contributor
As the Halifax Pop Explosion was winding down, the local zine scene was blowing up. The annual Zine Fair took place this year at St. David’s Hall on Oct. 23, across from downtown’s “pizza corner.”
The Fair featured local artists, designers and of course, zine makers. Not to mention the constant DJing by CKDU. The event spewed Halifax underground culture, chock-full of good food, good people and amazing work.
So what is a ‘sine? Well, it’s a “really creative way to express opinions,” according to Alex Turniff, a third-year IDS student and one of the editors-in-chief of the Social Justice Zine. Turniff, along with several other Dalhousie students has crafted a useful ‘sine about social justice in global and local contexts.
It is truly impressive how a few young students have taken the initiative to create a tool for global change. The zine itself is “not complicated,” says Meagan Hancock, the other editor-in chief of the Halifax based zine. “The articles that are written can be followed by the average person.”
“It’s entirely make-it-yourself,” says Turniff. “There’s no worries about publishers and citations. You can really write whatever you want.”
At the fair this table was getting a lot of attention: not only were they advocating for better choices, they were making them in front of everyone as they served up a variety of fair trade products. They sold the zine for only a dollar, which was an amazing price considering the amount of information inside.
There are articles about how to eat locally, how to conserve water, as well as about a wide variety of global issues. Alex Turniff was “fed up with (the) media portrayal of Haiti” and so they decided to depict a clearer image of such issues.
The first issue was released in Sept. 2010 and the second issue was released on Oct. 21.
For more information on the ‘zine, visit their website at www.socialjusticezine.wordpress.com
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