Frame and silence:

memory and the erasure of women’s trajectories in contemporary Animation

Abstract

This article investigates the trajectories of women in industrial animation from a perspective that articulates memory, gender, and labor. Historically marked by invisibility and authorial erasure, animation constitutes a field through which to understand how female experiences are constructed, narrated, and often silenced in official audiovisual records. To this end, the research adopts an approach based on the analysis of professional trajectories, articulated with experience in the animation field and academic training in arts and audiovisual. The study reveals that, although female presence is significant across various stages of production, their contributions remain fragmented and diluted within collective credits, while strategies of resistance emerge through collectives, authorial productions, and pedagogical actions. The research highlights the need to revisit traditional historiographic criteria and reinforces the importance of more inclusive records capable of reconstructing fairer historical and cultural narratives in the field of animation.