Liliana Bounegru, Pippa Sterk and I recently co-organised a project on “growing group care”.

Part of the project was a zine co-created with our students - Abi Abosejo, Adja Seck, Cong Fu, Ellie Jennings, Kesara Ariyapongpairoj and Louis Saha - which aims to support caring and inclusive group learning, in universities and beyond.

More about the project can be found here and copied below.

If you use the zine in a group learning situation - whether as a student or as a teacher - we’d love to hear how you find it to inform further activities in this area.

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growing group care

Group work can be challenging. How can it be organised to support meaningful connection and learning processes?

This zine is part of a project on growing group care. It aims to support caring and inclusive group learning in universities and beyond. It is meant for those just starting group projects.

It is inspired by research on care and critical pedagogies, as well as creative and participatory research approaches.

The zine was developed by Abi Abosejo, Adja Seck, Cong Fu, Ellie Jennings, Kesara Ariyapongpairoj and Louis Saha. The process of making a zine together served as a way to surface and unfold the possibilities and tensions of group work. It was group work on group work.

The project was organised by Jonathan W. Y. Gray, Liliana Bounegru and Pippa Sterk, and supported by King’s Academy.

JY Mak took photos and offered input on check-in prompts, zine-making and learnings from community organising.

You can read the zine below. You can also download it from the Internet Archive or Zenodo.

A text version is available here.

A Zotero library with further readings and resources can be found here.