Zine Workshop: Threading the Self and Forming Transnational Solidarities

Sun Jun 14 2026 at 12:00 pm to 04:00 pm UTC+01:00

The Nest | Oxford

TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
Publisher/HostTORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities
Zine Workshop: Threading the Self and Forming Transnational Solidarities
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A Zine-Making Workshop led by South African Artist Collective, House of INVADE-, as part of the Javett-UP /TORCH Collaboration
About this Event

  • Sunday 14th June 2026, 12.00 noon to 4pm
  • The Nest, 33-35 Little Clarendon St, Oxford OX1 2HU
  • Tickets are free, but please register for the workshop.



Zine Workshop: Threading the Self and Forming Transnational Solidarities


Our will to act against oppressive systems is often driven and inspired by the movements that came before us (cross-temporal) and those presently taking place in our shared world (transnational). The more we learn about the variety of issues, the more we understand how struggles are interlocked, and that a collective understanding of the world – and our experience within it – is essential for our ability to analyse and dismantle such systems of oppression and inequality. Accordingly, what do we – artists, writers, activists – put out into the world, how do we communicate these issues, our place within them and the action we want to take, so that others may in turn find such drive and inspiration?


With that in mind, we invite you to join us for a zine-making workshop in which you will engage with historical and contemporary material from a selection of international resistance movements and create a zine in which you reflect on your own place within those today.


This workshop will be facilitated by House of INVADE-, a queer black feminist collective from South Africa, formed by Queenzela Mokoena and Nyakallo Phamuli.


The zines will then be displayed at a showcase (details to follow).


Materials will be provided, but we encourage you to bring some of your own material such as pictures, newspaper/magazine clippings, stickers – anything relating to your own interests and that allows you to make your zine reflect you!


Tickets are free and all are welcome to attend, please register to book a ticket and enter dietary requirements for lunch.


Please see the Nest's safer space policy


Facilitators:


House of INVADE- is a Queer Black feminist collective (Queenzela Mokoena & Nyakallo Phamuli) working across publishing, archiving and spatial justice. Founded at Wits University in 2018, they use risograph printing, alternative book design and zine workshops to democratise storytelling. Their practice “invades” knowledge systems, centering marginalised voices on gender, race, and township life. The “DE-” signifies their mission to, democratise, decolonise and deconstruct normalised sociopolitical narratives. By turning zines into tools for mass distribution of knowledge and reclaiming public space through workshops, they build inclusive, dynamic spaces within creative and educational industries; one workshop, one zine, and one story at a time.



is the Javett-UP BRIDGE Fellow for 2025



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