About this and us (2)

Grassroots Feminism subscribes (like The Queer Zine Archive Project http://www.qzap.org) to the belief that what we do as archivists constitutes "Fair Use" under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107:

holds PhD in sociology and a post-doctoral scholarship at the University Salzburg, Department of Communication. She is currently working at the research project “Feminist Media Production in Europe”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund. She is co-founder of the digital archive http://www.digmeout.org Discourses on Popular Music, Gender and Ethnicity (together with Maria José Belbel) and co-editor of the anthologies Female Consequences.

Red Chidgey (UK) is a PhD candidate at London South Bank University, looking at feminist cultural memory, archives and media production. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Life History Research and a MA in Critical Theory at the University of Sussex, England. During 2008-2010 she was part of the Feminist Media Production in Europe research team, along with Elke Zobl, Rosa Reitsamer and Jenny Gunnarsson Payne.

She blogs about her activist and research interests at: http://feministmemory.wordpress.com

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Elke Zobl, Austria, created the Grrrl Zine Network - A resource site for international grrrl, lady, queer and trans folk zines, distros and DIY projects (www.grrrlzines.net) in 2001. The web site currently lists around 2000 zines from 43 countries. The Grrrl Zine Network site hosts information on zine distros, comics, magazines, connected organizations, resources and writings on zines; Zobl has also conducted more than 100 interviews with feminist zine editors and distributors in 34 countries.

The site is organized and maintained by Elke Zobl from Salzburg, Austria, in collaboration with Rosa Reitsamer, Austria, Stefanie Grünangerl, Austria, and Red Chidgey, England.

CREDIT IMAGES:
Header images "Reclaim" and "Read" from Nikki McClure (www.nikkimcclure.com). Used with permission. Copyright Nikki McClure.
Thanks a lot, Nikki!

DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING:
Design by Ingrid Sapp, Salzburg, Austria. http://sapp.at
Programming by www.roiders.net: Gerhard and Herbert Roider, Salzburg, Austria

FUNDING:
The set up of the special archive for Ladyfests/festivals and the programming of this project has been supported by the Austrian Science Fund (www.fwf.ac.at) within the project "Young women as producers of new cultural spaces" (P: T360-G12, 2007-2010), based at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (www.akbild.ac.at), Austria. The “Grassroots Media in Europe Archive” has been established by the web site team within the research project "Feminist Media Production in Europe" (funded as well by the Austrian Science Fund, 2008-2010) .

CONCEPT:
Elke Zobl with Red Chidgey

MANY THANKS TO:
Everyone who has supported work on this site with input, suggestions, feedback and information!