Questioning the form:Re-imagining identities through zine-making in Kampala, Uganda

这个项目借鉴了一个名为“语言作为护身符”的项目的研究成果，该项目探索了日常语言如何为创造性表达提供机会。该团队由PI Pahl和诗人Gloria Kiconco组成，总部设在乌干达坎帕拉。Kiconco是一位出版诗人和杂志制作者，之前曾为女性举办过杂志研讨会。她将与艺术家Charity Atukunda一起与两个组织合作创建杂志制作工作室。每个工作坊为期4天。总共将有三个工作坊，其中两个是与组织合作，另一个是为展览做准备。由此产生的杂志将在坎帕拉的一个流动图书馆中展出，通过非洲诗歌基金会传播到蒙巴萨的一个图书馆，并通过新成立的曼彻斯特诗歌图书馆传播到英国的诗歌图书馆网络。该组织在其网站上称，抑郁症是非洲女性面临的最严重挑战之一。患有抑郁症的女性很少得到支持（https://strongminds.org/the-need/）。对于那些处于社会边缘的人来说，生活尤其艰难，如果妇女和女孩被视为“局外人”，她们将面临各种挑战。这个项目借鉴了杂志的理念，作为一种可以被个人适应和自主使用的形式来表达自己。杂志可以是关于任何事情的；在这个项目中，他们将结合诗歌和艺术，在熟练的辅导员Kiconco和Atukunda的工作坊中形成。为女性提供生活写作和表达技能是这个项目的关键部分。借鉴艺术主义的观点，女性尤其需要写作技能来装备她们的生活，该项目将创造和自主作为其愿景的核心。我们的愿景是与这些致力于支持女性的组织合作。项目团队包括一名评估员丽莎·达蒙（Lisa Damon），她是一名研究人员，有与难民团体合作的经验，目前是马凯雷雷大学的一名博士生。Gloria Kiconco在坎帕拉报道。她是一位出版过作品的诗人，她与艺术组织密切合作，以实现她的杂志，这是诗歌和艺术的结合。她曾参与人权委员会资助的“改善东非艺术家生计的新方法”项目（PI Andrew Burton）。Charity Atukunda是一位视觉艺术家，她与PI Pahl一起参与了人权委员会资助的“归属与学习”项目，该项目与坎帕拉的年轻难民合作，创作可以直接与决策者对话的艺术作品。该小组将由PI Pahl领导，借鉴她的合作制作经验，成员包括共同调查员su Corcoran，她通过“归属和学习”项目与坎帕拉的组织建立了牢固的联系，以及研究员McMillan，一位诗人，和Kratz，他在诗歌图书馆领域工作。该项目将创建一个新的旅行杂志图书馆，通过诗歌和艺术来表达女性的创造力。

This project draws on research from a project called 'Language as Talisman' that exploredhow everyday language can be offer opportunities for creative expression. The team iscomposed of PI Pahl and poet Gloria Kiconco, based in Kampala, Uganda. Kiconco is apublished poet and zine maker who has previously run zine workshops for women. Togetherwith artist Charity Atukunda she will work with two organisations to create zine-makingworkshops. Each workshop will last for 4 days. There will be three workshops in total, two inpartnership with the organisations and one in order to prepare for the exhibition. Theresulting zines will be displayed in a travelling library, originating in Kampala anddisseminated via the African Poetry Fund to a library in Mombasa, and poetry librarynetworks in the UK via the newly created Manchester Poetry Library.The organisation, 'StrongMinds' argues on its website that depression is one of the mostserious challenges facing African women. Women suffering from depression have very littlesupport (https://strongminds.org/the-need/). Life is particularly hard for those on the marginsand women and girls face challenges if they are considered 'outsiders' in any sense of theword. This project draws on the idea of the zine, as a form that can be adapted andautonomously used by individuals to express themselves. Zines can be about anything; inthis project they will combine poetry and art to be formed in workshops with skilledfacilitators Kiconco and Atukunda. Equipping women with life writing and expression skills isa key part of this project. Drawing Artvism's vision that women in particular need writingskills to equip them in life, the project will place creation and autonomy at the heart of itsvision. Our vision is to do that in collaboration with these organisations dedicated tosupporting women.The project team includes an evaluator, Lisa Damon, who has experience of working withrefugee groups as a researcher, and is currently a doctoral student at the University ofMakerere. Gloria Kiconco is the lead in Kampala. She is a published poet, who works closelywith arts organisations to realise her zines, which are a mix of poetry and art. She haspreviously been part of the AHRC funded project on New Enhancements to Enhance Artists'Livelihood in East Africa (PI Andrew Burton). Charity Atukunda is a visual artist who workedwith PI Pahl on the AHRC funded 'Belonging and Learning' project, which worked with youngrefugees in Kampala to create art that would directly speak to policy-makers. The team willbe led by PI Pahl, drawing on her experience of co-production, and includes Co-InvestigatorSu Corcoran, who has developed strong links with organisations within Kampala through the'Belonging and Learning' project, and researcher McMillan, a poet, and Kratz, who isworking in the field of poetry libraries. The project will create a new travelling library of zinesthat speak to express the creativity of women through poetry and art.