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"Dangerous" Neighborhoods

This is an Action Project for my core class, Equality. In this class, we took a deep dive into equality and how it plays out on the world. We focused on what it means to be truly equal and if we need to change how society views equality. Something this class did was take a look at some of the more influential voices in history. For example, we read excerpts from different writers like John Locke, Simone de Beauvoir, and Betty Friedan. These readings let us see into the theories and perspectives of different inequalities. In Betty Friedan's reading, we heard the perspectives of housewives and their missing feeling of "fulfillment" within the household. Other than sex equality, we also focused on class and race. Overall, this class was very diverse in the way we talked about equality. Our assignment for the class was making Zines. Zines are mini infographics that tell an important story through text and images. We were visited by a Zine expert and someone who works at the University of Chicago to collect and sort Zines. We learned about what Zine is and also how to make one. For my Zine, I decided to focus on the assumptions of which areas in Chicago are dangerous. I focused on one area in particular and showed how it has changed yet also which areas are dangerous. I made a physical copy of the Zine and also a copy that is digital. Below are images of my physical copy along with a slideshow for the online version. 





This Action project was a difficult, long, and very fun one. I really enjoyed reading the articles and discussing them in class along with making the Zine out of paper. It was a good project to keep you busy and also show how good Zines are at conveying an important message. Something that made me think about in this assignment was finding a problem that I think is important that I can also convey in a creative yet informative way. If I could change something, I would change some of the wording I used in my physical copy because I changed some paragraphs in the digital. Unfortunately I ran out of time so my digital/physical copies aren't the same but are still very close. Overall, I really enjoyed this project because of the amount of buildup and also the end result that I got from the Zine.



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