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Contact

• workMalaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• Thomas.Barker@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

I am currently a Research Affiliate at UNM and simultaneously an I joined UNM in August 2012 and was previously head of school and Associate Professor until 2021.

I am the author of (2019, HKU Press) and the co-editor of (2020, AUP).

I graduated with a PhD in Sociology from the National University of Singapore in 2011. I have held visiting positions at Universitas Indonesia (2015), University of California Los Angeles (2016), National Cheng Chi University (2018), and the National Library of Australia (2019).

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Expertise Summary

I work on topics related to South East Asia, with an emphasis on Indonesia and Malaysia, in the fields of media, creative industries, cities, and cultural studies. I am primarily concerned with the conditions of cultural production including how the Indonesian film industry has reformed following the end of the New Order in 1998 and the current state of the creative industries in Malaysia.

I have written for Asian Cinema, Plaridel, The Conversation, Cinema Poetica, The Diplomat, The Malay Mail, and The Jakarta Post.

Teaching Summary

I no longer teach at UNM.

I have taught MLAC1154 Culture & Society, MLAC2013 Film and Television in Social and Cultural Context, MLAC3021 Documentary Film and Documentary Practice, MLAC3020 Southeast Asian Cinema and introductory modules on sociology, and advanced modules on sexuality, research methodologies including ethnography and non-intrusive research methods, and popular culture.

Research Summary

Current research includes:

• Indonesian Transnational Cinema
• Silat Films in Indonesia
• Censorship of the Screen Industries in Malaysia
• History of Semenyih and Broga

I co-supervise the following PhD dissertations:

• Petra Gimbad, 'Subaltern History of Kuala Lumpur' (with Assoc Prof Sumit Mandal)

I have co-supervised to graduation the following PhD theses:

• Erman Maharam, 'Themes of Nusantara in Malaysian and Indonesian Films' (with Assoc Prof Gaik Cheng Khoo).

Selected Publications

• THOMAS BARKER, 2019. 1. Hong Kong University Press.
• THOMAS BARKER, 2022. . In: JONATHAN DRISKELL, ed., Film Stardom in Southeast Asia Edinburgh University Press.
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2022. Freedom Film Network (FFN).
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2021. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde: Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. 177(2-3), 208鈥�220

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Past Research

2023 Inside Indonesia, 3 July 2023.

2023 (forthcoming) Reshaping Production Practices: European Film Festivals, New Indonesian Cinema, and the Creative Producer, New Review of Film and Television Studies.

2022 , Research Report, Freedom Film Network, Malaysia.

2022 Screen Connections between Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, , edited by Kitamura, Yang, and Thung, World Scientific, 347-372.

2021 The Indonesian Sex Bomb, , edited by Jonathan Driskell, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

2021 , LSE Southeast Asia Blog, 22 October.

2021 , IAI News, 22 July.

2021 , Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 177, 1- 13.

2021 Debating Polygamy in Indonesian Cinema, , edited by Kristian Petersen, Mizan Series with ILEX Foundation, Harvard University Press.

2020 (with Ekky Imanjaya), in Southeast Asia on Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1997), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

2020 , (co-editor with Gaik Cheng Khoo and Mary Ainslie), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

2019 , Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

2018 Creating within constraints: Creative industries policy in Malaysia (with Adrian Lee Yuen Beng), , edited by Lorraine Lim and Lee Hye-Kyung, London: Routledge, 13-26.

2018 , The Conversation (Global), 13 December.

2017 , an 8-part radio series for BFM 89.9 radio Malaysia.

Future Research

• Transnational Cinema Connections in Indonesia
• History of Indonesian cinema 1950-1966

• BARKER, THOMAS, 2023. Inside Indonesia. Available at: <https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-152-apr-jun-2023/internationalisation-as-democratisation>
• THOMAS BARKER, 2023. Inside Indonesia. Available at: <https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-152-apr-jun-2023/internasionalisasi-sebagai-demokratisasi>
• THOMAS BARKER, 2022. . In: JONATHAN DRISKELL, ed., Film Stardom in Southeast Asia Edinburgh University Press.
• BARKER, THOMAS and LEE, NIKKI J.Y., 2022. What Is an Auteur? H艔 Y艔ng/Hinatsu Eitar艒/Huyung Between (Post)Colonial Indonesia, Japan, and Korea. In: KWON, NAYOUNG AIMEE, MOONIM BAEK and TAKUSHI ODAGIRI, eds., Theorizing Colonial Cinema: Reframing Production, Circulation, and Consumption of Film in Asia Indiana University Press.
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2022. Freedom Film Network (FFN).
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2022. . In: JU LAN THUNG, ALAN H YANG and YUMI KITAMURA, eds., When East Asia Meets Southeast Asia: Presence and Connectedness in Transformation Revisited World Scientific. 351鈥�376
• THOMAS BARKER, 2021. . In: KRISTIAN PETERSEN, ed., Muslims in the Movies: A Global Anthology Harvard University Press.
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2021. Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde: Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. 177(2-3), 208鈥�220
• THOMAS BARKER, 2020. The Conversation. Available at: <https://theconversation.com/streaming-into-southeast-asia-how-netflix-hbo-compete-with-regional-players-like-iflix-and-hooq-132453>
• GAIK CHENG KHOO, THOMAS BARKER and MARY J AINSLIE, eds., 2020. Amsterdam University Press.
• THOMAS BARKER and EKKY IMANJAYA, 2020. . In: GAIK CHENG KHOO, THOMAS BARKER and MARY J AINSLIE, eds., Southeast Asia on Screen: From Independence to Financial Crisis (1945-1998) Amsterdam University Press.
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2020. The Malay Mail. Available at: <https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2020/07/22/censorship-by-another-name-thomas-barker/1886820>
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2020. The Malay Mail. Available at: <https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2020/06/06/an-uncreative-creative-industries-policy-thomas-barker/1873056>
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2020. . In: DARCY PAQUET, ed., Nang: Manifestos 6. Cinemasias Editions.
• THOMAS BARKER, 2019. 1. Hong Kong University Press.
• THOMAS BARKER, 2019. . In: JESSICA RETIS and ROZA TSAGAROUSIANOU, eds., The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture Wiley-Blackwell. 297-310
• 2018. Issues & Studies: A Social Science Quarterly on China, Taiwan, and East Asian Affairs. 54(1),
• THOMAS BARKER and ADRIAN LEE YUEN BENG, 2018. . In: LORRAINE LIM and LEE HYE-KYUNG, eds., Routledge Handbook of Creative and Cultural Industries in Asia 1. Routledge. 13-26
• BARKER, THOMAS ALEXANDER CHARLES, 2018. Issues & Studies. 54(01), 1840002
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2017. TRANS-TRANS-REGIONAL AND -NATIONAL STUDIES OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. 5(2), 197-215
• BARKER, THOMAS and LEE YUEN BENG, ADRIAN, 2017. Making Creative Industries Policy: The Malaysian Case Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies. 35(2), (In Press.)
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2017. Cinema Poetica. Available at: <https://cinemapoetica.com/travels-and-travails-cosmopolitan-muslims-in-indonesian-cinema/>
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2017. The Diplomat. Available at: <https://thediplomat.com/2017/11/the-real-source-of-chinas-soft-power/>
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2016. Available at: <http://cinemapoetica.com/can-defend-act-killing-look-silence/>
• THOMAS BARKER, 2015. . In: SHARYN GRAHAM DAVIES and LINDA RAE BENNETT, eds., Sex and Sexualities in Contemporary Indonesia: Sexual Politics, Health, Diversity and Representations Routledge. 253-272
• BARKER, THOMAS and LEE YUEN BENG ADRIAN, 2015. Creative Industries Policy in Malaysia In: CAMDEN2: Trends in Culture, Arts and Media.
• THOMAS BARKER, 2015. Available at: <http://cinemapoetica.com/en/questioning-film-nasional/>
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2014. Plaridel: A Philippine Journal of Communication, Media, and Society. 11(2), 1-21
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2014. Available at: <http://poskod.my/street-notes/switch-media-workers-speak/>
• THOMAS BARKER, 2013. Journal of Letters. 42(1), 2
• THOMAS BARKER, 2013. South East Asia Research. 21(4), 701-703
• BARKER, THOMAS, 2012. The Early Years, 1926-1945. In: A Brief Cultural History of Indonesian Cinema The Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia. 196
• THOMAS BARKER, 2011. IIAS Newsletter. 57, 36
• THOMAS BARKER, 2011. Mempertanyakan Konsep 鈥淔ilm Nasional鈥�. In: GAIK-CHENG KHOO, EKKY IMANJAYA and THOMAS BARKER, eds., Mau Dibawa ke Mana Sinema Kita? Beberapa Wacana Seputar Film Indonesia Salemba Humanika. 7-29
• THOMAS BARKER, GAIK-CHENG KHOO and EKKY IMANJAYA, eds., 2010. Mau Dibawa ke Mana Sinema Kita? Beberapa Wacana Seputar Film Indonesia Salemba.
• THOMAS BARKER, 2010. Asian Cinema. 21(2), 7-24
• CHARLOTTE SETIJADI-DUNN and THOMAS BARKER, 2010. Asian Cinema. 21(2), 25-47
• KHOO GAIK CHENG and BARKER, THOMAS, 2010. Asian Cinema. 21(2), 1
• LEE HUMPHREYS and THOMAS BARKER, 2009. Modernity and the Mobile Phone: Exploring Tensions about Dating and Sex in Indonesia. In: DHANANJAY KESKAR and REENA PODDAR, eds., Mobile Telephony Devices: The Technological Revolution Icfai University Press.
• LEE HUMPHREYS and THOMAS BARKER, 2007. M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture. 10(1),
• THOMAS BARKER, 2006. VCD Pornography of Indonesia. In: ADRIAN VICKERS and MARGARET HANLON, eds., Asia Reconstructed: Proceedings of the 16th Biennial Conference of the ASAA, 2006, Wollongong, Australia. Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
• CHARLOTTE SETIJADI-DUNN and THOMAS BARKER, Membayangkan 鈥淚ndonesia鈥�: Produser Etnis Tionghoa dan Sinema pra-Kemerdekaan. In: THOMAS BARKER, GAIK-CHENG KHOO and EKKY IMANJAYA, eds., Mau Dibawa ke Mana Sinema Kita? Beberapa Wacana Seputar Film Indonesia Salemba Humanika. 31-56