Dr.Treepon Kirdnark

NAME: Treepon Kirdnark

OFFICE: 1113 Boromrajakumari Building

EMAIL ADDRESS: Treepon.K@Chula.ac.th

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Cultural, Literary and Postcolonial Studies, 2018
    SOAS, University of London
  • Master of Arts in Mass Communication, 2006
    Department of Journalism
    College of Arts, Media and Communication
    California State University – Northridge
  • Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, 2001
    Department of Mass Communication (First class honor)
    Faculty of Humanities
    Chiang Mai University, Thailand

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Media representation
  • Media and social movements
  • Media and religions
  • Visual culture
  • Social media
  • Muslims in the south of Thailand

COURSES TAUGHT

  • Visual Culture
  • Popular Culture
  • Social Media and Culture
  • Basic Thoughts of Asia

KEY PUBLICATIONS

       Journal Articles

  • Porranee, S. & Kirdnark, K. Mia-Farang on YouTube: (Re)defining Thai Womanhood in the Network Society. MANUSYA: Journal of Humanities, forthcoming.
  • Kirdnark, T. (2022). Bangkok middle-class spectatorship and social realist media: contesting modernity through visualizing Muslim minorities. South East Asia Research, 30(3), 361-376. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0967828X.2022.2111268
  • Wall, M. & Kirdnark, T. (2012). Online maps and minorities: Geotagging Thailand’s Muslims. New Media & Society, 14(4), 701-716. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444811422889

       Book Chapters

  • Wall, M. & Kirdnark, T. (2013). Digitizing Discontent: YouTube and Thailand’s Red Shirt Uprising.
    In R. Berenger (ed.) Social Media Go to War: Rage, Rebellion and Revolution in the Age of Twitter (pp.205-215). Spokane, Washington: Marquette Books LCC.
  • Wall, M. & Kirdnark, T. (2011). The Blogosphere in the ‘Land of Smiles’: Citizen Media and Political Conflict in Thailand. In T. Dumova & R. Fiordo (eds.) Blogging in the Global Society: Cultural, Political and Geographical Aspects (pp. 19-36). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

  • Kirdnark, K. (2023, May). Kathoey and Social Media Content Production: (Trans)gendering Creative Labour in Thailand. The 13th Asian Conference on Cultural Studies (ACCS 2023). Presented in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Singpliam, P. and Kirdnark, T. (2022, May). Mia-Farang on YouTube: (Re)defining Thai Womanhood in the Network Society . Paper presented at 14th International Conference on Thai Studies: Thailand at a Global Turning Point 2022, Virtual Presentation, Kyoto University, Japan.
  • Kirdnark, T. (2019, June). The self-representation of Thai Muslims in the south of Thailand in social media. SEASIA Biennial Conference 2019 “Change and Resistance: Future Directions of Southeast Asia”, Taipei, Taiwan.
  • Kirdnark, T. (2017, September). Re-constructing “Good Muslims” through the Halal Media Movement: Negotiating Thai Muslim identity in online disruptive visual spaces. Paper presented at Centre for Southeast Asian Studies Postgraduate Conference, SOAS, University of London.
  • Kirdnark, T. (2016, September). Self-representation of Malay Muslims on YouTube: Negotiating Muslim Self with Halal Audio-visual Media. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Association of Southeast Asian Studies in the United Kingdom (ASEASUK). SOAS, London.
  • Kirdnark, T. (2015, June). Uploading ‘Playful’ Muslims: Re-mixing Islamic Visual References With Thai Popular Music in Amateur YouTube Videos Produced by Malay Muslim Pupils in the ‘Deep South’ of Thailand. Paper presented at Centre for Media and Film Studies Postgraduate Symposium, SOAS, London.
  • Kirdnark, T. and Wall, M.  (2010, August). Mapping discourses about minorities: Locating Thai Muslims on Flickr.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, The Denver Sheraton, Denver, CO Online . 2012-06-19.
  • Kirdnark, T. and Wall, M. (2010, June). Signifying Thai Muslims: Resisting Stereotypes or Reinforcing the Tourism Machine?. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Centre, Suntec City, Singapore.