Reading animation through the eyes of anthropology: A case study of sub-Saharan African Animation
Authors: Callus, P.
Journal: Animation
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Pages: 113-130
eISSN: 1746-8485
ISSN: 1746-8477
DOI: 10.1177/1746847712439281
Abstract:This article aims to present an argument for why anthropology could provide animation studies with a new set of critical models that move away from the dominant paradigms that currently circulate in Western academic discourse. The author discusses how these models can be drawn upon when reading animation and she utilizes supporting examples of sub-Saharan animations to promote the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to reading animation. This approach is bidirectional, flowing from anthropology to animation studies and the reverse. Where this article shows how animation theory stands to gain from anthropology, it will also illustrate how one can include animation in the visual anthropologist's methodology. © 2012 The Author(s).
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Reading Animation through the Eyes of Anthropology: A Case Study of sub-Saharan African Animation
Authors: Callus, P.
Journal: ANIMATION-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Pages: 113-130
ISSN: 1746-8477
DOI: 10.1177/1746847712439281
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Reading Animation through the Eyes of Anthropology: A Case Study of sub-Saharan African Animation
Authors: Callus, P.
Journal: Animation: an interdisciplinary journal
Volume: 7
Issue: 2
Pages: 113-130
Publisher: Sage Publications
Abstract:This article aims to present an argument for why anthropology could provide animation studies with a new set of critical models that move away from the dominant paradigms that currently circulate in Western academic discourse. The author discusses how these models can be drawn upon when reading animation and she utilizes supporting examples of sub-Saharan animations to promote the benefits of an interdisciplinary approach to reading animation. This approach is bidirectional, flowing from anthropology to animation studies and the reverse. Where this article shows how animation theory stands to gain from anthropology, it will also illustrate how one can include animation in the visual anthropologist’s methodology.
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Preferred by: Paula Callus