ACCEPTANCE WITHOUT OTHERING: ANALYSIS OF "FLOAT-FLYING!" the ANIMATED FILM ON STIGMA

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 562 - 590, 23.03.2023

Alev Üstündağ

https://doi.org/10.19145/e-gifder.1199083

Abstract

Children with autism and their parents experience high levels of stigma. They internalize stigma, which often causes intense psychological problems and has a negative impact on providing care. Television productions have an effect on people's perspective. For this reason, movies and TV series are also used as an effective ways for people to have a positive attitude towards disability. It is thought that it is critical to create supportive and appropriate content in order to introduce Autism Spectrum Disorder, to accept children with ASD without being marginalized, to support children and their parents, and to develop positive perceptions of both children and their parents. For these reasons, in this research, it is aimed to analyze the animated film "Float" in terms of stigma. The fact that no such research has been done on animated films reveals the importance of the study. The research is a qualitative research. It was carried out using the document analysis method. Float is a short film about the process of a father accepting his son's special condition and lasts 7 minutes. The analysis of the film was carried out using the content analysis method. As a result of the research, it was determined that float animation gives a positive perspective on the approach to children with special needs, supports positive gains in not being stigmatized, and can contribute to preventing stigma.

Keywords

Float, Stigma, Film analysis, Autism, Father-child relationship.

ÖTEKİLEŞTİRMEDEN KABUL EDEBİLME: “FLOAT-UÇUYOR!” ANİMASYON FİLMİNİN DAMGALAMA ÜZERİNE ANALİZİ

Abstract

Otizmi olan çocuklar ve ebeveynleri yüksek düzeyde damgalanma yaşarlar. Sıklıkla yoğun psikolojik sorunlara neden olan, bakım arama ve sağlama üzerinde olumsuz etkisi olan damgalanmayı içselleştirirler. Televizyon yapımlarının insanların bakış açısı geliştirmesinde etkisi bulunmaktadır. Filmler ve diziler de insanların engelliliğe karşı olumlu tutum sergilemesinde etkili bir yöntem olarak kullanılmaktadır. Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu (OSB)’nun tanıtılması, OSB'li çocukların ötekileştirilmeden kabul edilebilmesi, çocukların ve ebeveynlerinin desteklenmesi hem çocukların hem de ebeveynlerinin kendileri ile ilgili olumlu algı geliştirebilmeleri için destekleyici ve uygun içeriklerin oluşturulmasının kritik öneme sahip olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu nedenlerle yapılan araştırmada “Float” animasyon filminin damgalama açısından analiz edilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Animasyon filmleri ile ilgili böyle bir çalışmanın yapılmamış olması, çalışmanın önemini ortaya koymaktadır. Araştırma nitel bir araştırmadır. Doküman analizi yöntemi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Float, bir babanın oğlunun özel durumunu kabul sürecini anlatan kısa filmdir ve 7 dakika sürmektedir. Filmin çözümlemesi içerik analizi yöntemi kullanılarak gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda Float animasyonun özel gereksinimli çocuklara yaklaşım konusunda olumlu bir bakış açısı kazandırdığı, damgalamanın yapılmaması konusunda olumlu kazanımları desteklediği ve damgalamayı engellemeye katkı verebileceği belirlenmiştir

Keywords

Float, Damgalama, Film analizi, Otizm, Baba-çocuk ilişkisi.

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