Mr Iain Robert Smith

Research

Research Specialisms

Globalisation and Cross Cultural Analysis; Lowbrow & Marginal Cultural Forms; Censorship & Cultural Policy; Copyright & Intellectual Property; Cultural Value & Distinction; Alternative/Independent Cinema(s)

Previous Projects

'Underground Incorporated: John Waters and the Cultural Politics of ‘Selling Out’' (MA dissertation, University of Nottingham, 2005)

Current research

PhD ---- Hollywood Remix: Processes of Transcultural Appropriation in the Popular Cinemas of Turkey, India and the Philippines ---- Supervised by Professor Roberta Pearson and Dr Paul Grainge.

Publications

Articles ---- Beam me up, Omer: Transnational media flow and the cultural politics of the Turkish Star Trek remake, Velvet Light Trap 61 (Spring 2008) ---- When Spiderman became Spiderbabe: Pornographic appropriation and the political economy of the softcore parody genre, Peep Shows: Cult Visual Erotica. Eds. Ernest Mathijs and Xavier Mendik. London: Wallflower Press, 2008 ---- The Exorcist in Istanbul: Processes of transcultural appropriation within Turkish Popular Cinema, Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies 5 (1) 2008 ---- Editorships ---- Articles Editor of Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies, Issues 10 - 12 (Feb/Jun/Oct 2008) ---- General Editor & Founding Member of Networking Knowledge: Journal of the MeCCSA Postgraduate Network (2007-2008) ---- Book Reviews ---- Review of More Dirty Looks. Ed. Pamela Church Gibson, Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies 7 (Feb 2007) & Review of New Punk Cinema. Ed. Nicholas Rombes, Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies 7 (Feb 2007) ---- Conference Reports ---- Report on Cinema at the Periphery, University of St Andrews. Film International 5 (1) 2007. pp. 95-97 ---- Report on MeCCSA Postgraduate Network Conference, University of West of England. Networks: Magazine of the Art Design Media-Higher Education Academy 2 (Sept 2007)

Other

Lead Organiser of Cultural Borrowings: Appropriation, Reworking and Transformation - International Conference at the University of Nottingham, March 2008 ---- Selected Conference Papers ---- SCMS (Society for Cinema and Media Studies) Annual Conference, Chicago. Mar 2007 - So you think Spiderman and his gang are in Turkey, Captain America? : Transnational media flow and the politics of borrowing US popular culture ---- Screen Conference, University of Glasgow. July 2006 - Turkish Star Trek: Transnational media flow and the politics of appropriation ---- Guest Speaker (invited by Dr Ian Hunter), DeMontfort University. Feb 2006 - Transnational Trash: How cultures around the world have appropriated and used plots, characters, and footage from American cinema and television

Email and website

Email: arxirs@nottingham.ac.uk

Website

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Primary institution

Position

PhD student

Department

Institute of Film Studies

Faculty

School of American and Canadian Studies

Institution

University of Nottingham

Address

• University Park
• Nottingham
• NG7 2RD
• Tel: 0115 951 5151