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Editorial 422647 ANMANMXXX10.1177/1746847711422647EditorialAnimation: An Interdisciplinary Journal Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 6(3) 203–205 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1746847711422647 anm.sagepub.com This Special Issue of animation: an interdisciplinary journal originated in discussions over the past few years with filmmaker and scholar Jeffrey Skoller. A specialist in documentary, avant- garde and experimental film, Skoller is an internationally regarded voice and practitioner in the history, politics and aesthetics of film, and we are excited that he has turned his critical sensitivity and eloquence to animated documentary. He has curated a remarkable collection of articles for this issue, some written by renowned authors and artists outside the radar of what is commonly pub- lished on or understood as animated documentary. Skoller’s ‘Introduction: Special Issue “Making it (Un)real: Contemporary Theories and Practices in Documentary Animation”’ is essential reading as it describes his compelling intellectual and aesthetic project and authors’ contributions in more detail, and he raises some very pertinent questions and concepts about this animated genre. Animated documentary has a distinguished tradition in animation filmmaking, conveying and representing alternative forms, interpretations and styles of reality, documentation and events. Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Luisitania (1918) is regarded by many as the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal SAGE

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Buchan, Suzanne
Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal , Volume 6 (3): 3 – Nov 1, 2011
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422647 ANMANMXXX10.1177/1746847711422647EditorialAnimation: An Interdisciplinary Journal Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal 6(3) 203–205 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1746847711422647 anm.sagepub.com This Special Issue of animation: an interdisciplinary journal originated in discussions over the past few years with filmmaker and scholar Jeffrey Skoller. A specialist in documentary, avant- garde and experimental film, Skoller is an internationally regarded voice and practitioner in the history, politics and aesthetics of film, and we are excited that he has turned his critical sensitivity and eloquence to animated documentary. He has curated a remarkable collection of articles for this issue, some written by renowned authors and artists outside the radar of what is commonly pub- lished on or understood as animated documentary. Skoller’s ‘Introduction: Special Issue “Making it (Un)real: Contemporary Theories and Practices in Documentary Animation”’ is essential reading as it describes his compelling intellectual and aesthetic project and authors’ contributions in more detail, and he raises some very pertinent questions and concepts about this animated genre. Animated documentary has a distinguished tradition in animation filmmaking, conveying and representing alternative forms, interpretations and styles of reality, documentation and events. Winsor McCay’s The Sinking of the Luisitania (1918) is regarded by many as the

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