http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/11 2026-07-27T17:08:00Z http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7906 The Environmental Poetics of Flow (2024): The Animals of Animation Film in the Age of Anthropocene Bhardwaj, N.; Chaubey, A. The genre of Animation as a medium and representation of animals has a vital importance in the age of Anthropocene. This essay studies the genealogy of Animation as a medium by primarily tracing its anthropocentric and often exaggerated representation of the animal world in the pre-Disney era of Classical Hollywood followed by the Disney era and finally the contemporary period. Animation as a medium and technique also offers immense opportunities for radical ecological narratives and Gints Zilbalodis' Flow (2024) reflects that new and emerging ecological perspective, replacing conventional anthropocentrism with non-human agency and challenges the conventions set by Disney production films that dominate this medium. This essay compares landmark animation films centering animals and studies Flow's rhetorical environmentalism, portrayal of authentic animal behaviour, absence of dialogue in human language, the landscape of post-apocalypse, radical reversal of gaze, magic realism, etc as techniques of challenging traditional animation narrative delineating new techniques to counter anthropocentrism. A critical study centering Flow is important as it highlights a shift from conventional animation storytelling to radical ecocentric reflection. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7846 Humanity as the Other: A Posthumanist Critique of the Surrealist Dystopias of René Laloux in La Planète sauvage and Gandahar: Les Années-lumière Bhat, K.S.; Oliveira, N. The theories of posthumanism and transhumanism have gained a lot of traction in recent years. The crux of posthumanism is that scientific discoveries and evolution can change the very definition of what it is to be human. Various speculative scenarios in literature and media have acted as catalysts for the popularity of this field. Moreover, due to the development in information technology, social media, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, et cetera, the changing social reality makes it essential to comprehend the moral, normative, ethical, and legal issues arising from such alterations. In this regard, the current article seeks to revisit the former century and explore two animated films in particular. René Laloux’s dystopias in his animations La Planète sauvage (1973) and Gandahar (1987) have become cult classics, occupying a niche for their ability to combine surrealist aesthetics with metaphysical inquiry. This paper examines the manner in which these works raise posthumanist concerns through allegory, particularly in their representation of otherness, power dynamics, ecological interdependence, and biopolitical control. The paper argues that by hypothesising worlds where identity is displaced and restructured through interactions with nonhuman life, technology and time travel, Laloux destabilises anthropocentric claims. By means of visual analysis the study indicates how Laloux’s imagination foreshadowed contemporary issues surrounding ecology, bioethics, and the challenges of coexistence. La Planète sauvage and Gandahar invite viewers to reconsider agency, responsibility, and survival in an interconnected posthuman world. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7834 Mridula [Original Hindi story by Shailesh Matiyani] Chaubey, A. 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/7809 Imagining and reimagining a mythopoeic national identity: telling and retelling the Singapore story Caldeira, N. This article examines the evolving dynamics of Singapore's national identity, which transitioned from a third-world colonial outpost to a global economic power. It engages with the poetry of Edwin Thumboo, whose life runs parallel to the story of the nation. Using the premodern and the modern constructed myths, the poet imagines and reimagines a mythopoeic national identity for a multicultural city-state. The paper argues that poets, who bear the responsibility and commitment to nation-building, often explore the ideological power of myths for nation-building. The paper adopts the methodology of qualitative thematic coding and uses the critical lens of the ideological power of myths. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z