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• B.A. (Hons) (English (minor in Mass Communications)) Chulalongkorn University, Thailand |
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• M.A. (Film Studies)Aberystwyth University, Wales UK, Wales, UK |
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• Ph.D. (Film Studies) Aberystwyth University, Wales UK, Wales, UK |
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Research Interest |
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film authorship (particularly transnational East Asian filmmakers) |
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reception studies (especially user-generated content and media archive) |
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transnational cinema in Asia and Southeast Asia |
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film cultures (including the contexts of film festival, film distribution, fan/cinephile cultures, fan tourism/cinephile pilgrimage) |
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transmedia arts and socio-politics |
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Research
Projects (5) |
2020 : |
โครงการวิจัยและผลิตหนังสือ Film Authorship in Contemporary Transmedia Cultures. Global Success of Asian Auteurs |
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2019 : |
Fan Tourism and the Southeast Asian
Film Trails: Archive and Participatory
Cultures within and beyond Colonial
Nostalgia (Newton Mobility Grant) |
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2018 : |
Cinephile/Fan Pilgrimage in Thailand: Exploring Cultural and Aesthetic Dimensions in Transnational Fan-generated Content (Thailand Research Fund 2 Year Grant Project) |
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(COMPLETED) Cine-Tourism and the Convergence of Transnational Stars, Auteurs and Transmedia Fans (Multicultural ASEAN center Project) |
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Film Authorship in Contemporary Transmedia Cultures: Global Success of Asian Auteurs (monograph project, Amsterdam University Press) |
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Publications
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Promkhuntong, W .
(2019). Pilgrimage to a memory hole: Towards an affective study of fan tourism in Asia via Angkor Wat and Wong Kar-wai s in the mood for love. Plaridel, 16(2), 23–40. |
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Boonsri S, Promkhuntong W.
(2019). Historiography of cinephiles in Thailand. , 16(2), 143–160. |
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Promkhuntong, W .
(2017). Network Aesthetics of East Asian Auteurs: Cultural, Economic and Political Implications of Creative Cinephilic Citations. The 11th Thai Humanities Research Forum Proceeding: Exploring Aesthetic Dimensions in the Humanities, Vol.2, 442-455. |
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Promkhuntong, W .
(2015). Cinephiles, Music Fans and Film Auteur(s): Transcultural Taste Cultures surrounding Mashups of Wong Kar-wai’s Movies on YouTube. Participations: Journal of Audience & Reception Studies , 12(2), 255-274. |
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Promkhuntong, W .
(2014). Wong Kar-wai: ‘Cultural Hybrid’, Celebrity Endorsement and Star-auteur Branding. Celebrity Studies, 5(3), 348-353. |
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Presentations
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2018 : |
Playful Encounters with Film Locations: Observations from the Context of Thailand |
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2018 : |
The Pursuit of ASEAN Cinema: Approaching Southeast Asian Cinema through the Lens of Transnational Cinema and the Journeys of Filmmakers, Stars and Cinephiles |
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2017 : |
Network Aesthetics of East Asian Auteurs: Cultural, Economic and Political Implications of Creative Cinephilic Citations, Thai Humanities Research Forum 2017 Exploring the Aesthetic Dimensions of Humanities, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
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Movie, Travel and Self: Pilgrimage Journeys through the lens of Film and Media Studies,Thai Film Studies Conference, Thai Film Archive, Bangkok |
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The Poetics of Asian Cinemas through the Poetic Renditions of Transnational Cinephiles, The 12th Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference: The Poetics of Asian Cinemas, Lancaster University, UK |
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Other
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จิตติพงศ์ ตะสัย, และวิกานดา พรหมขุนทอง .
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2019 ).
ศิลปะ ตัวตน และความเป็นอื่น : ข้อสังเกตเบื้องต้นเกี่ยวกับสภาวะลูกผสมในงานจิตรกรรมไทยร่วมสมัยของศิลปินมลายูมุสลิมจังหวัดชายแดนภาคใต้. ใน จักรพันธ์ ขัดชุ่มแสง (บ.ก.), Society สังคมแห่งสังคมวิทยาและมานุษยวิทยา, (น. 103-130). กรุงเทพฯ: ศูนย์มานุษยวิทยาสิรินธร (องค์การมหาชน) . |
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Promkhuntong, W .
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2020 ).
Film Authorship in Digital Paratexts and Aesthetic Alliances from Below. In Thanom Chapakdee et al. (eds.), Exploring Aesthetic Dimensions in the Humanities. Bangkok: Siam, 233-256. ISBN 978-616-486-032-2. [publication in Thai] . |
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Promkhuntong, Wikanda .
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Chinese stardom in participatory cyberculture [Review of the book by Dorothy Wai Sim Lau]. Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures, 30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2019.1809_Book Review . |
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Biography. In Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide, Mary J. Ainslie and Katarzyna Ancuta (eds.), London; New York: I.B. Tauris . |
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Reviews of Red Bike Story (1997) Wonderful Town (2007), Hi-So (2010), 36 (2012), Mary Is Happy, Mary is Happy (2013), In April the Following Year, There Was a Fire (2012), Fun Bar Karaoke (1997), 6ixtynin9 (1999), Citizen Dog (2004). In Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide, Mary J. Ainslie and Katarzyna Ancuta (eds.), London; New York: I.B. Tauris. . |
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Promkhuntong, W .
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"Why so Wong": Transnational Asian Cinema Through the Lens of Cinephiles and Transmedia Fans. A. H. J. Magnan-Park, G. Marchetti and S.K. Tan (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Asian Cinema (pp. 427–449). London: Palgrave Macmillan . |
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Review of ‘East Asian Film Stars’ edited by Leung Wing-Fai and Andy Willis. In Journal of Celebrity Studies. . |
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Review of Popular Culture Co-Productions and Collaborations in East and Southeast Asia, by Nissim Otmazgin and Eyal Ben-Ari (eds.) East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 1 no. 1, 2015. . |
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