Dr Martin, Sylvia Janet
Dr Martin, Sylvia Janet
Sylvia J Martin received her PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Pomona College in California. She was also the recipient of a Postdoctoral Fulbright Fellowship at The University of Hong Kong in 2010-2011.
Sylvia’s forthcoming book, Haunted: An Ethnography of the Hollywood and Hong Kong Media Industries(Oxford University Press), is based on multi-sited fieldwork she conducted in the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries. Through participant observation on film and television sets, she examined how media professionals in both sites were impacted by the various risks involved in filming spectacular images and dramatic storylines. She also explores how job insecurity and industrial decline were experienced in both sites. Not just a study in contrasts, the book lays out some of the commonalities and transnational connections between the two commercial production centers.
She has also taught and published on the construction of cultural icons through myth, media, and transnational markets. She is interested in ethnographic encounters and ethnographic writing.
| Year | Awarding Institution | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| University of California, Irvine | PhD Anthropology | |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | BA Religious Studies | |
| Brandeis University (Boston, USA) | Joint MA Anthropology and Women’s Studies |
Sylvia Martin received her PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Irvine. Prior to joining the University of Hong Kong, Sylvia was a Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology at Pomona College in California. Sylvia was also the recipient of a Postdoctoral Fulbright Fellowship at the University of Hong Kong in 2010-2011.
Sylvia conducted a multi-sited ethnographic study of the Hollywood and Hong Kong film and television industries, examining the labor involved in creating spectacle on film and television sets in both sites amid the uncertainties and risks of industrial production and globalizing processes. This research explores the thematic commonalities and transnational connections between the two commercial production centers, as well as the contrasts, attending to localized practices and the cultural logics that shape them. Sylvia has also recently taught and published on the construction of cultural icons through media, memory, migration, and transnational markets.
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-01-01 | Outstanding Paper Award: Critical Studies in Media Communication ISSN: 1529-5036 ; eISSN: 1479-5809 | Research Achievement |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 03/2021-present | Fellow | Royal Anthropological Institute |
| 08/2005 - present | Member | American Anthropological Association |
| 08/2008 - present | Member | Society of Cinema and Media Studies |
| 12/2015 - 08/2016 | Member | Society for Applied Anthropology |
| Area of Expertise (EN) | Area of Expertise (ZH) |
|---|---|
| Performance | |
| Media industries | |
| Globalization | |
| Cultural anthropology | |
| Anthropology of media |
| Spoken Language(s) (EN) | Spoken Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英語 |
| Written Language(s) (EN) | Written Language(s) (ZH) |
|---|---|
| English | 英文 |
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