ABSTRACT
The fanzine method was applied to the conditions of a participatory research project and proved to be an insightful and innovative way to synthesize attitudes and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and to continue to work and research together at a distance.
The older co-researchers in the project became active contributors by working on the STARK-zine.
The co-researchers explicate issues important to them in relation to the pandemic, such as compliance with confinement measures, which they interpret as an expression of mutual solidarity. In addition, their zine contributions point to a conflict between protection and civil rights and the impact of the pandemic with its ambivalent impacts.
The co-researchers seemed to be less bothered by the restrictions during the lockdown. It is unclear how the attitudes of the older people changed during the pandemic and furthermore whether coping behavior changed.
