An archive of more than 300 art-zines is helping researchers and historians alike connect with social history and the human experience on diverse topics. Portsmouth researcher Dr Jac Batey is behind an enormous archive of material collated for Zineopolis at the University of Portsmouth. In this week’s Life Solved podcast she explains how she came to realise the immense value of this self-published art for understanding diverse experiences through the decades. FIND OUT MORE You can find out more about this work and other research at the University of Portsmouth website: https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-projects You can visit Zineopolis in person, or browse digital archives and blogs online at http://zineopolis.blogspot.com/p/about-collection.html https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/projects/zineopolis-art-zine-collection Find out about the Barnard Zine Library here: https://zines.barnard.edu Check out this article on health zines from the Wellcome Collection: https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/WsT4Ex8AAHruGfWz And follow zineopolis on Instagram and Youtube: https://www.instagram.com/zineopolis_artzines/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMw4vSCbJ7lfEVCun1dsEpw You can find out more about Dr Jackie Batey here: https://twitter.com/JackieBatey https://www.port.ac.uk/about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/jackie-batey   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.