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Some Thoughts on Practice-Theory Relationships in Animation Studies

Arts Institute of Bournemouth, pward{at}aib.ac.uk

The article examines theory-practice relationships in the field of Animation Studies via three conceptual frameworks: legitimate peripheral participation, critical practice and recontextualization. The overarching argument is that Animation Studies must be understood in an ‘interdisciplinary’ way, and that means evaluating how different communities of practice work with similar or related terms. The article draws upon email discussion group data as a way of beginning to map the discourses used by people working within the field of Animation Studies. The perceived role of technology is given specific attention, particularly the ways it can be seen to be straitjacketing the development of a truly critical Animation Studies community - one that attends to theory and practice in equal measure.

Key Words: community of practice • critical practice • disciplines • legitimate peripheral participation • recontextualization • socially situated learning • technology • theory

Animation, Vol. 1, No. 2, 229-245 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1746847706065845


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