Maltseva N.V.   Belokopytova V.A.  

The integration of ethnoanimation into the cultural and educational practice of the Magadan regional museum

Reporter: Maltseva N.V.

This paper explores animation as an additional work tool with various museum audiences in «online» and «offline»–formats on the materials of the ethnographic collection. The work describes a unique form of interaction with the museum visitors – ethnoanimation. Ethnoanimation is the creation of video stories and cartoons about history and culture of Indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North. The result of this practice was «online» creation of the cartoon with local history content – “Udani’s Journey”, which allowed to establish contact with family audiences and retain museum children’s programs participants during pandemic visit regulation of cultural institutions. Later, during 2020-2021, enthoanimation was tested in «offline»–format at museum cultural events for different age groups, e.g., at the event “My Homeland is North”, which is dedicated to the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, at the All-Russian event “Night of Arts” and in the children's museum animation studio. Recreating characters from the story tales (children's audience), playing the action of riding a dog sled (adult audience), and trying out various animation techniques (children's studio groups) have impressed museum visitors.