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Shapurjee, Shanaz "A historical enquiry into the animation unit, situated within the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) 1976-1988." MA
, University of the Witwatersrand, 2009
Keywords/Fields of Study : animation; television; apartheid; broadcasting; south africa; empirical; history
Abstract: This historical enquiry exhibits the chronology, growth and development of the South
African Broadcasting Corporation's (SABC) Animation Unit (1975-88), largely
through the understanding of the Unit's production context as well as through a
contextual analysis of the socio-political, economic and technological landscapes of
the decades preceding the launch of television in South Africa. This report traces the
history of animation through the pre-cinematic, cinematic and televisual eras, both
locally and internationally, in an attempt to expose the many influences, overlapping
animation traditions and parallel technological histories evident between Europe,
America and South Africa. This empirical study is concerned with the preservation of
the history of the South African Animation Unit through the combined use of archival
materials, interview subjects and pre-existing historical data.
Department: Animation
, University of the Witwatersrand
Advisor(s): Christo Doherty, Maureen Furniss
