Past Participants
2023
SURV(IO)LANCE: A Zine on Surveillance, Violence, and Survival
Faculty advisor/course instructor: Katie Manbachi
Entry #1
SURV(IO)LANCE is a creative textual and visual zine that combines personal anecdotes, open source images, and research to explore and critique surveillance as an extension of the prison industrial complex and its commitment to upholding white supremacy, heteronormativity, and ableism. I explore examples where surveillance influences my life, specifically as it relates to my existence of a queer, nonbinary, disabled student. I also pose questions about resistance and what that looks like when we are surrounded on all sides by surveillance by the state, corporations, and individuals. I wrap up by discussing examples where groups have employed survival tactics against surveillance, and finally highlighting local and national organizations who are doing the work both legally and on the ground.