So Fi Zine is an indie zine publication for sociological fiction, poetry and visual art. The works published in So Fi Zine explore and perform creative social inquiry. They engage dimensions like voice, social imaginaries, forms of representation, and the conditions under which stories are told. Together, they form a diverse global body of contemporary creative work by academics and creatives that shows new ways to think with and make sociological ideas. So Fi Zine offers a space for experiments in sociological imagination.
Over its 18 editions, So Fi Zine has published more than 300 pieces from senior sociologists to students, from confident artists to first-time writers. Early editions feature guest editorials by Patricia Leavy, Howard Becker, Les Back, Nirmal Puwar, Raewyn Connell, Michael Burawoy, Deborah Lupton, Rob Shields, Ruha Benjamin, and Sujatha Fernandes — leading contemporary figures who have inspired and supported the development of So Fi Zine. Pushing the boundaries of ‘non-traditional research outputs’, the zine cares for art for art’s sake, and stories for stories’ sake. Standing against the exclusive practices of academic publishing, every edition is free to read online and offered in a DIY print format.
This zine is the brainchild of Ash Watson and published by Frances St Press. This project started as part of an Endeavour Research Fellowship undertaken at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2017. Ash continues this work now at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, on the unceded lands of the Bedegal people of the Eora Nation. Australia always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Keen to submit? Check the Call for Submissions. Read the FAQs here. For updates, follow awtsn.substack.com. To get in touch, email ashleigh.watson@unsw.edu.au.
ISSN 2209-3028 (Online)
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