BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 RDATE:20170312T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 RDATE:20171105T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171127T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171127T163000 LOCATION:Miller 102 GEO:45.450858;-122.668265 SUMMARY:"Spirit/Medium/Media: A Critical Examination of the Relationship Between Animism\, Animators\, and Anime" by Jolyon Thomas (University of Pennsylvania) DESCRIPTION:This talk critiques the oft-repeated argument that Japanese a nimation (anime) is thematically and aesthetically unique because it draw s upon Japan's ancient animistic traditions. I argue that when profession al observers describe anime as "animistic\," they use a politically fraug ht and technically inaccurate term to engage in certain political project s related to environmentalism or cultural nationalism. I also argue that when these professional observers repeat the essentialist idea that "Japa nese people believe that spirits exist in everything\," they categoricall y ignore the potentially "spiritual" qualities of the material objects th at are actually used to make anime in the first place (celluloid\, ink\, computer screens\, cameras\, cables). I conclude by offering alternative language that can more accurately depict what anime directors and their a udiences do when depicting or observing relationships between spirits and nature in animated film. These attitudes and ideas can be deemed meaning ful and even religious\, I argue\, without relying on the loaded language of "animism." X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This talk critiques the oft-repeated ar gument that Japanese animation (anime) is thematically and aesthetically unique because it draws upon Japan's ancient animistic traditions. I argu e that when professional observers describe anime as "animistic\," they u se a politically fraught and technically inaccurate term to engage in cer tain political projects related to environmentalism or cultural nationali sm. I also argue that when these professional observers repeat the essent ialist idea that "Japanese people believe that spirits exist in everythin g\," they categorically ignore the potentially "spiritual" qualities of t he material objects that are actually used to make anime in the first pla ce (celluloid\, ink\, computer screens\, cameras\, cables). I conclude by offering alternative language that can more accurately depict what anime directors and their audiences do when depicting or observing relationshi ps between spirits and nature in animated film. These attitudes and ideas can be deemed meaningful and even religious\, I argue\, without relying on the loaded language of "animism."
UID:20171127T233000Z-269976@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20171102T103704Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/269976-spiritmediummedia-a-cri tical-examination-of-the CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T173704Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/69517_thomas6.jpeg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:269976 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/69517_thomas6.jpeg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:This talk critiques the oft-repeated argument that Ja panese animation (anime) is thematically and aesthetically unique because it draws upon Japan's ancient animistic traditions. I argue that when pr ofessional observers describe anime as "animistic\," they use a political ly fraught and technically inaccurate term to engage in certain political projects related to environmentalism or cultural nationalism. I also arg ue that when these professional observers repeat the essentialist idea th at "Japanese people believe that spirits exist in everything\," they cate gorically ignore the potentially "spiritual" qualities of the material ob jects that are actually used to make anime in the first place (celluloid\ , ink\, computer screens\, cameras\, cables). I conclude by offering alte rnative language that can more accurately depict what anime directors and their audiences do when depicting or observing relationships between spi rits and nature in animated film. These attitudes and ideas can be deemed meaningful and even religious\, I argue\, without relying on the loaded language of "animism." X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:humanities|lecture|open to the public|Portland|presentat ion|religious studies|send-to-graduate|send-to-law|send-to-undergraduate| staff|student END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR