Animated Perspectives on Violence Against Women
March 1st, 2022
From 4 to 6 pm
At the Davidson Auditorium at UTDallas
IN-PERSON EVENT
Our lab’s director, Dr. Christine Veras, in partnership with WiA, the Student Club Women in Animation UTDallas, and the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, have put together the event: Animated Perspectives on Violence Against Women.
Originally planned as part of the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the event grew into a screening and panel of discussion around the topic. Instead of taking place on November 25, as established by the United Nations, our event happened on March 1st to kick off the celebration of Women’s History Month.
With a program specially curated around the topic, each animation uses experimental techniques that were all created by women, displaying different takes on violence against women. The animations screened were:
Each animation portrays different types of violence against women, using a wide range of experimental animation techniques to invite the public to reflect upon the situation and sometimes even offering a way out. In raising awareness of these issues while also celebrating the female body, these films help to empower women to accept and love themselves.
The screening of the animations was followed by a panel discussion between the public and our guest panelists: the President of the Wia UTDallas Jennifer Garcia, WiA officer Eliana Nark, Assistant Professor and Director of experimenta.l. lab Dr. Christine Veras, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at the School of Arts and Humanities Dr. Shilyh Warren, and the Interim Dean of ATEc and A&H, and Director of the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies Dr. Nils Roemer.
Acknowledgments
We thank our collaborators at WiA UTDallas, the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, the School of Arts and Humanities, as well as the filmmakers Zeynep Akcay, Debjani Mukherjee, Camila Kater, and the distributors at Feel Sales Documentary & Short Films and IKKI Films for their support in making this event happen and allowing us to screen their films. A special thanks to the support team at the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication, UTD Facilities, and JSOM for all their logistic support.