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From Patagonia to a Galaxy Far, Far Away: “Lociversality” and Indigenous Futurity in In the Stars (2023)

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In the fall of 2024, I had the privilege of attending Chilemonos, the inaugural Vancouver edition of the long-running Chilean animation festival dedicated to fostering connections between Latin American and Canadian animation cultures. The festival’s culminating event was the round table “Our Voices” held at University of British Columbia’s Robson Square campus. The diverse program … Continue reading From Patagonia to a Galaxy Far, Far Away: “Lociversality” and Indigenous Futurity in In the Stars (2023)→

Latin American Animation: A Singular Way of Seeing the World

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Latin American animation has received significant attention at festivals and trade fairs since the advent of the internet and the computerization of production methods. It has challenged the dominant ways of seeing and creating space for alternative worldviews and visual sensibilities through narratives dealing with political repression, historical trauma, and collective memory. Chilean animated short … Continue reading Latin American Animation: A Singular Way of Seeing the World→

Women’s Craft and Political Resistance in Como alitas del chincol (2002)

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Vivienne Barry’s Como alitas del chincol (2002) is an animated documentary that dramatizes the contradictory roles of the arpilleristas as women engaged in both domestic craft and political subversion. A tribute to the quilters who survived and documented Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, Barry’s film does not present these textile objects as mere historical artifacts but … Continue reading Women’s Craft and Political Resistance in Como alitas del chincol (2002)→

Transnational impact of South American dubbing monopoly of Disney classics

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For decades, the audiovisual consumption of Disney animated classics in the Spanish-speaking world was defined by a centralized dubbing model that prioritized economic profitability and private market over regional linguistic diversity (Iglesias Gómez, 2009: 499). The history of this process reveals how economic, monopolistic, and political factors delayed the emergence of Peninsular Spanish and Catalan … Continue reading Transnational impact of South American dubbing monopoly of Disney classics→

Animated Plant Life beyond the Background in Another World 世外 (2025)

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The abundance of fantastical plant life is one of the defining characteristics of the visual identity and world-building in the Hong Kong animated feature Another World 世外(Ng, 2025), which is richly rendered through hand-drawn 2D animation. This text explores how Another World reconfigures the conventional boundary between background and foreground by centring plant life as … Continue reading Animated Plant Life beyond the Background in Another World 世外 (2025)→

Stereotyped Portrayals of Chinese Indonesian Characters in Animation

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Indonesia prides itself on a multicultural identity that is celebrated through the national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (unity in diversity). However, Chinese Indonesians, as the largest demographic of foreign descent, often face reductive media portrayals. This tendency is mirrored in its domestic animated series that portray Indonesian everyday life, where the very use of animation, … Continue reading Stereotyped Portrayals of Chinese Indonesian Characters in Animation→

Surface and Structure in The Legend of Hei (2019)

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The Legend of Hei (2019) did not begin as a stand-alone animated feature but emerged from The Legend of Luo Xiaohei (罗小黑战记), which is a web animation created by MTJJ that first aired in 2011. By the time the animation reached cinemas, the series had already built a substantial audience, as well as expanded beyond … Continue reading Surface and Structure in The Legend of Hei (2019)→

Hybrid Ink-Wash and the New Wave of National Style in Nobody 浪浪山小妖怪(2025)

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Led by Chinese animation pioneers such as Te Wei and Tadahito Mochinaga, who was also known as Fang Ming, the Shanghai Animation Film Studio (SAFS) established in the late 1950s a singular visual modernity through traditional ink-wash animation. Masterpieces such as Cowboy’s Flute 牧笛 (Jiajun and Wei, 1963) (see figure 1) and Feelings of Mountains … Continue reading Hybrid Ink-Wash and the New Wave of National Style in Nobody 浪浪山小妖怪(2025)→

The Development of Early Chinese Animation Through Entertainment, Education and Ideology

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The development of early Chinese animation is closely intertwined with China’s cultural policy, political movements, and educational initiatives, and cannot be fully understood without situating it in the historical and social context of the Republican era. This text explores how early Chinese animation developed at the intersection of entertainment, education, and ideology during this period … Continue reading The Development of Early Chinese Animation Through Entertainment, Education and Ideology→

Animated poetry in Afrikaans: independent animation production and the role of genre

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I am performative researcher, theorising through what Brad Haseman calls “enthusiasm of practice” (Haseman, 2006) rather than a premeditated research question. In performative research the practice itself is primary; the research results may embody knowledge which might not be adequately communicated by verbal means. I started my career as a fine artist and found my … Continue reading Animated poetry in Afrikaans: independent animation production and the role of genre→