20min TalksExpanding Approaches to Animation Studies
Chair: Ann Bridget Owen
Ann Bridget Owen: Reinventing the Wheel: an approach to animation, neuroscience, life and everything
Andy Buchanan: The Role of Practice as a Methodology in Transdisciplinary Animation Research
Alan Cholodenko: The Expanding Universe of Animation (Studies)
20min TalksPsychoanalysis and Medicine in Animation
Chair: Savannah Logsdon
Savannah Logsdon: Why Aren't Women Funny? An Analysis on Gender Dynamics in Animated Comedies
Jeremiah Hosana: The Imperfect Messiah: Challenging the Conventions of the Messianic Archetype
Eileen Reynolds: Transforming the Schizophrenic Through Cinematic Therapy and the 48-hour Film Festival
Sophie Mobbs: Learning to See: How Animation might help carers provide comfort to those in Palliative Care
20min TalksAnimation Studies in Southeast Asia
Chair: Peter Chanthanakone
Ang Qing Sheng: The Introspective Merlion – Transculturalism in Singaporean Animation
Arik Kurnianto: Lost in Animation: Finding Indonesia in the World History of Animation
Molly Velasco: The Life Histories of Filipino Short Film Animators
Love Cabrera Asis: Marking of The Past: The Original Content Animated Film of The Philippines
20min TalksEphemeral, Invisible: Animation out of Sight
Chair: Paul Ward
Samantha Moore: Animating Invisibilia
Aylish Wood: Seeing the Invisible: Excavating Animation Software Algorithms
Paul Ward: Hiding in plain view: the in/visibility of animated interstitials
20min TalksThe Scientific Cosmos of Animation 1
Chair: Mihaela Mihailova
Laurence Arcadias, Robin Corbet: MICA animates Fermi: A Collaboration Between Art Students and Astronomers
Jack McGrath: Animating The Quantum Understanding the Universe through animation: from Surrealism to Quantum Mechanics
Erwin Feyersinger: Animated Visualizations in Science Fiction Films
20min TalksIndian Animation
Chair: Kristy Kang
Paritosh Singh: Animating Indianness: A study of assimilating Indian images in a western narrative
Timothy Jones: From Rhythm to Reliance: The globalized discourse of Indian animation
Nina Sabnani: Animated Stories from the Margins: animation as a way of representing ethnography
20min TalksAnimation History
Chair: Eileen Reynolds
Dan Torre: Abstracting the Real World: A Critical Look at Abstract Stop-Motion Animation
Dirk de Bruyn: Re-processing the Mystical Rose
Kirsten Moana Thompson: The Mighty Atom!: Reddy Made Magic with Reddy Kilowatt
20min TalksDigital Affect: The power within digital animation to move
Chair: Miriam Harris
Miriam Harris: Digital Affect: An exploration of emotional resonance within digital experimental animation
Gregory Bennett: Kinaesthetic affect in motion capture and animation
Jason Kennedy: Automation versus animation: a case for the affective potential of CG animation
20min TalksAdaptation and Illustration in Asian Animation
Chair: Yin Ker
Debjani Bandyopadhyay (Mukherjee): Interpretation of Narrative Illustrations: A comparative Study of Illustrations by the Children from Indigenous and Formal Art Education Backgrounds
Turine Viet-Tu Tran: Negotiating Universal Themes and Local Traditions in 3 Visual Adaptations of the Chinese Classic Journey to the West
Zurianah Hashim: Towards A Methodology For Innovative Styles In Animation: A Look at Modern Art and UPA
20min TalksTrancending Barriers Through Animation
Chair: Christine Veras
Leong Jia Wei: Transculturation as a Source for Inspiration in Animation
Fauzi Naeim Mohamed: A Heideggerian Reading of Begone Dull Care
Lee Jolly: The Visual Perception of Movement in 'Game Worlds'
