The Feminist Theory Theatre Workbook is a samizdat printable zine-like publication that is meant as a resource for folks who want to try out FTT with their students, their collaborators, or whomever they may want to read with together. Below, we describe how the workbook was developed through multiple iterations. *** NOTE *** Our most recent version of the workbook will always be found under the “Workbook” link at the top navigation bar of this website.

We began conceptualizing the Workbook began in early 2021 as a zine-like booklet that invites readers to mark up the pages as they are guided through reading their selected texts. Our tinkering culminated with presenting a first prototype at the Making & Doing session of the 2021 Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) conference, where it was recognized with a Making & Doing Award.

The prototype we made in 2021 allowed us* to experiment with using the Workbook as a printable resource designed for groups of readers trying out FTT as a way to read together. In contrast to models of reading that suppress the spatial, social, and personal conditions within which we read, the FTT Workbook instead asks readers to foreground, notice, and play with the objects, experiences, and situated environments that conditioned their reading, not as distractions but as part and parcel of the text’s emerging meanings. As folks used this prototype version, we invited them to share their experiences with us as we worked on the next iteration of the Feminist Theory Theater Workbook, which you can find under the Workbook link.

We welcome feedback, responses, or scanned pages from your own marked-up workbooks! These can be e-mailed to us at feministtheorytheater@gmail.com or uploaded via the submit page here.