1. Research question: How can/ can animation be used to navigate conflict in the middle east?
2. is it viable?
what is there to study? - the historical context of conflict in the middle east, the west's relation to the region and its various conflict's, how the region is percieved by the west, how the media present the narrative of heroes and villains to the public & how the political class see the region.
How conflict's began and which factions were involved.
How can we know about it? - watching factual documentaries (e.g. Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis), reading articles & books - news excerpts (news papers & televised news outlets), archive footage, personal blogs of people caught up in middle eastern conflict.
3. What resources are available on this topic?
'Perceptions of Islam in Europe: culture, identity and the Muslim 'other''
'News' - Jackie Harrison
'Expanding The Gaze ' - van der Meulen and Heynen
4. What animations/animation related artifacts relate to your chosen topic?
- Waltz With Bashir (2008)
- Persepolis
- waves '98
5. Peer Feedback
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-this post will be updated with sources and artifacts as they are discovered
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