This book emerges from the pressing need to consolidate animation studies within the Spanish academic landscape. While Spain boasts a thriving animation industry, recognized globally for its creative output and economic impact, scholarly engagement with this dynamic field remains relatively underdeveloped. This volume addresses this gap by mapping the current state of animation studies in Spain, evaluating existing research, and fostering new synergies among scholars.
The impetus for this project stems from the MESA group (Women in Animation Studies), which brings together researchers with different profiles and university affiliations. After the organization of a first seminar on animation in 2024, the initiative had been expanded by a collective of researchers dedicated to advancing the field of animation studies and amplifying the voices of women scholars. This book serves as a crucial step towards recognizing the academic value of animation studies, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, and enhancing the visibility of Spanish scholarship on animation internationally.
This book will be of great interest to all those learning and researching within the field of animation.
This book emerges from the need to consolidate animation studies within the Spanish academic landscape. While Spain boasts a thriving animation industry, scholarly engagement with this field remains underdeveloped. This volume maps the state of animation studies in Spain, evaluating research, and fostering new synergies among scholars.
Introduction, Part 1: Theory and History of Animation,
1. The Untold
History of the Disney Studio in Paris,
2. About Fathers (and Mothers?) of
Animation,
3. Building an Academic Field: Animation in Spain through Books
and Dissertations,
4. Perished Utopias and Announced Dystopias: A
Scenographic Dissection of Spanish Cli-fi Animation through its History,
5.
Talking About Animation Posthumanist Allegory in Robot Dreams, Part 2:
Theorizing the Animation Practice,
6. From Theory to Practice (and From
Practice to Theory),
7. Creative Freedom in Animation: An Experimental
Revolution,
8. Stop Motion Animation and Synesthesia,
9. The Handmade and the
Analogue in Animated Autobiographies: More Than an Aesthetic Question, Part
3: Women and Animation,
10. Research in Animation: Methodology and Future of
the MIA Report,
11. An Interpretation of the Woman's Gaze as an Animated
Aesthetic Function in Jíbaro by Alberto Mielgo,
12. Direction and Supervision
Positions in Spanish Animated Feature Films in 2024, Part 4: Technical
Developments and Processes in Digital Animation,
13. Tradition and
Innovation: The Transformation of Animation in Spain (1980Present),
14.
Technical Processes and Developments of Pre-digital Animation on the Video
Games Screen,
15. The Glow of Flow and the Shadows of Gris: Fluidity and
Ubiquity in the Digital Image
Maria Pagès specializes in Spanish animation and holds a PhD in Animation from Universitat de Vic-UCC. She is a Senior Lecturer in 2D Animation at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She is a member of the research group Dicode at the Centre de la Imatge i la Tecnologia Multimèdia and a founding member of MESA (Women in Animation Studies).
