Workshop meeting of the Network «Animation and Contemporary Media Culture. Challenges and Potentials of Animation Studies in the Digital Era»
Organisation: Juergen Hagler, Maike Sarah Reinerth
Invited Guests, registration see below.
Guest Speakers: Birgitta Hosea (University for the Creative Arts, Farnham), Helen Starr (The Mechatronic Library)
What are the artistic and applied practices of animation research? In what ways can and should they inform theoretical research and vice versa? Which implicit or explicit theoretical and conceptual processes guide an animator’s practice? What kind of practical understanding do animation researchers need? The workshop addresses these (and adjacent) issues in a guest lecture by Birgitta Hosea and Helen Starr and the following open discussion.
Registration is required until Sept. 6 at m.reinerth@filmuniversitaet.de
Since 2020, the network «Animation and Contemporary Media Culture. Challenges and Potentials of Animation Studies in the Digital Era» establishes professional exchange between early career researchers and internationally renowned experts in the emerging field of animation studies. Network members aim at the systematic profiling and internationalization of animation research from German-speaking countries and promotes strategic measures for the development and intensification of animation studies in the German-speaking world. The work is funded by DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).