Emiel Martens - Media Studies
Short Biography
Emiel Martens is Lecturer at the Department of Media Studies of the University of Amsterdam, where he is currently conducting a PhD research entitled 'Framing Island Paradise: A Critical Geography of Jamaica's Cine-Tourist Image'. He is also associated with the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, and finishing his Masters in International Development Studies.
In 2006 he has been working as a guest researcher at the Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC) of the University of the West Indies at Mona, Kingston (Jamaica), where he also conducted his fieldwork for both his PhD and Masters. In2008, Martenslaunched the Caribbean Creativity Foundation ( www.caribbeancreativity.nl ) to support Caribbean film and filmmaking entrepreneurship.
Anotherresearch interest of Martens is the Pacific region and indigenous representation. In 2002 he went to New Zealand for a period of six months to conduct a research on the national controversy surrounding the indigenous Maori film Once Were Warriors (1994). In 2007 he published his first book resulting from that research (see below).
Once Were Warriors
Caribbeancreatvity.nl
CV Martens 2009
Teaching
- Part of the academic staff of the BA Program Film and Visual Culture
- Involved in the BA courses:Academic Skills I; Orientation in Film and Visual Culture; Orientation in Television and Popular Culture; Media, Culture & Identity
- Instructor of the BA-research seminars Media Activism and Black Cinema
- Coordinator of the BA-optional courses ('keuzevakken') Media Activism and Media Worlds (Open UvA lectures)
Publications
- Martens, Emiel. “ The Aftermath of Once Were Warriors in Aotearoa New Zealand: The National Controversy, the Cultural Politics, the Shifting Images.” Brendan Hokowhitu and Vijay Devadas (eds). Indigenous Media in Aotearoa: Nation, Culture, Community. Minnesotta: University of Minnesotta Press, forthcoming.
- “Consuming the Caribbean Cinematically: The Geopolitical Implications of Global Jamaican Imagery – And What to Do With It Once You Know.” Rami Isaac, Vincent Platenkamp and Ariane Portegies (eds). Voices in Tourism Development: Creating Spaces for Tacit Knowledge and Innovation. Conference Proceedings. NHTV Expertise Series. Breda: NHTV, 2009.
- Once Were Warriors: The Aftermath - The Controversy of OWW in Aotearoa New Zealand. Amsterdam: Askant Academic Publishers, 2007.
About My Research
- René Glas. "Filmwetenschapper Emiel Martens over de Jamaicaanse Cinema: 'Jonge Jamaicaanse Filmmakers Noemen Perry Henzell Hun Held'." Skrien. 39. 5 (June/July): 24-26.
