Overview
This week I'd like you to jump into thinking about culture and the role animation has on projecting and influencing perceptions of a culture. I am asking you to read a few articles and papers I have collected on the subject and would like you to not only comment on what you learn but perhaps even find some animation that you know that has the kind of influential pull on a culture or outward reflection on a culture (Big C or little c) that is raised in these articles and papers. Show us what you can find and let us know what you think.
350-400 word requirement
Read this paper:
Understanding Culture through Animation: From the World to Malaysia.pdf
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Click below to read a short article in Smithsonian magazine about the appropriation of culture in Pixar's CoCo.
An article from Time Magazine on the influence of adult animation
https://time.com/5752400/adult-animation-golden-age/ (Links to an external site.)
Since so many of you put up calls for more Japanese animation, here are two articles that deal with the cultural aspects of animation and manga from Japan.
This article covers the influence manga has had on understanding Japanese culture.
How has Anime influenced culture and projected the Japanese "Animation Culture?" Read attached pdf labaled "01_JPMM2001_2-MohdAmirMatOmarMdSidinAhmadlshak.pdf"