Dr. E.S. (Emiel) Martens
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About
Dr. Emiel Martens is a media lecturer, researcher, programmer and producer. He graduated cum laude in both Media Studies and Human Geography at the University of Amsterdam and holds a Ph.D in Media Studies from the University of Amsterdam. His dissertation, entitled ‘Welcome to Paradise Island: The Rise of Jamaica’s Cine-Tourist Image, 1891-1951’ (2013), marked the first study of Jamaica’s early film history and its connections with the island's tourism and colonial history.
Emiel joined the Department of Media Studies of the University of Amsterdam as a lecturer and researcher in 2004, where he is now working as Assistant Professor in Postcolonial Film Studies and running BuzzHouse, a creative space for Media Studies students, staff and alumni. From 2016 to 2024, he was also based at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication (ESHCC), where he was a leading member of the research projects 'Worlds of Imagination' (ERC Consolidator Grant) and Film, Heritage and Tourism (ERC Proof of Concept). His research interests, publications and talks cover the fields of Postcolonial (Film) Studies, Caribbean Cinema and particularly Jamaican (Location) Filmmaking, Film (and) Tourism, Popular Geopolitics, Humanitarian Communication, Migration and Diversity Studies, Audiovisual Industries, and Alternative Media.
Besides his posts at the University of Amsterdam, Emiel is also the founding director of Caribbean Creativity, a non-profit organization that is, since 2018, committed to the programming and promotion of Caribbean and Caribbean-themed cinema in the Netherlands, and co-founding director of the Expertise Centre Humanitarian Communication (HuCom) as well as the Erasmus Knowledge Centre for Film Heritage and Tourism (FiHeTo). In addition, he is co-owner of film production agency Dudes in your Face (Dutch: Gasten in je Gezicht), where he, among other things, acts as director, producer, story editor of award-winning social impact films such as Welcome to the Smiling Coast (2016) and Gifts from Babylon (2018). In addition, from 2013-2019 Emiel functioned as a board member at NALACS, the Netherlands Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and he currently serves as film review editor at ERLACS, the European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.
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Publications
- refereed (11)
- academic (10)
- professional (4)
- popular scientific (4)
- recognitions (1)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2021
Martens, E. (2021). The 1930s Horror Adventure Film on Location in Jamaica: ‘Jungle Gods’, ‘Voodoo Drums’ and ‘Mumbo Jumbo’ in the ‘Secret Places of Paradise Island’. Humanities, 10(2), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/h10020062 [details]- Oomen, W., Martens, E., & Piccoli, A. (2021). The Neoliberal Workings of ‘The Family Meal’ Campaign: Unfortunate Others, European Citizens, and the Branding of the EU. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 24(1), 295-313. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549420919851 [details]
- Póvoa, D., Reijnders, S., & Martens, E. (2021). A Brazilian Hollywood in the making? Film, tourism and creative city discourse in the hinterland of Paraíba. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 24(5), 691-706. https://doi.org/10.1177/13678779211011635 [details]
2020
- Martens, E. (2020). A Daughter of the Gods (1916): Film, Tourism and Empire on Location in Jamaica. TMG – Journal for Media History, 23(1-2). https://doi.org/10.18146/tmg.599 [details]
- Martens, E. (2020). From The Harder They Come to Yardie: The Reggae-Ghetto Aesthetics of the Jamaican Urban Crime Film. Interventions : International Journal of Postcolonial Studies, 20(1), 71-92. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801X.2019.1659160 [details]
2019
- Póvoa, D., Reijnders, S., & Martens, E. (2019). The Telenovela Effect: Challenges of Location Filming and Telenovela Tourism in the Brazilian Favelas. Journal of Popular Culture, 52(6), 1536-1556. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpcu.12861 [details]
2018
- Martens, E. (2018). The History of Film and Tourism in Jamaica. In A. Bandau, A. Brüske, & N. Ueckmann (Eds.), Reshaping Glocal Dynamics of the Caribbean: Relaciones y Desconexiones – Relations et Déconnexions – Relations and Disconnections (pp. 193-216). Heidelberg University Publishing. https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.314.534 [details]
2017
- Martens, E., & Povoa, D. (2017). How to Get Away with Color: Color-Blindness and the Post-Racial Illusion in Popular American Television Series. Alphaville, 13, 117-134. http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue13/HTML/ArticleMartensPovoa.html [details]
2015
- Martens, E. (2015). Towards a New Caribbean Cinema? An Interview with Jamaican Filmmaker Storm Saulter. Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies , 6(2), 18-25. https://doi.org/10.17742/IMAGE.CCN.6-2.3 [details]
- Saulter, S., & Martens, E. (2015). Guest Artist - Storm Saulter - Portfolio. Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies , 6(2), 10-17. https://doi.org/10.17742/IMAGE.CCN.6-2.2 [details]
2012
- Martens, E. (2012). Maori on the Silver Screen: the evolution of indigenous feature filmmaking in Aotearoa/New Zealand. International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, 5(1), 2-30. Advance online publication. http://www.isrn.qut.edu.au/publications/internationaljournal/documents/Final_Martens_IJCIS.pdf [details]
2017
- Martens, E. (2017). [Review of: S. Tascón & T. Wills (2017) Activist Film Festivals: Towards a Political Subject]. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 37(4), 756-758 . https://doi.org/10.1080/01439685.2017.1345128 [details]
- Martens, E., & Malig Jedlicki, C. (2017). [Review of: E. Waterton, S. Watson (2015) The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research]. Heritage & Society, 10(3), 285-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159032X.2018.1451273 [details]
- Martens, E., & de Groot, K. (2017). [Film Review of: R. Elgood (2017) Pimento and Hot Pepper: The Story of Mento Music]. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 103. https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.10244 [details]
2016
- Martens, E. (2016). Caribbean Popular Culture: Everyday Lives, Racial Politics and Transnational Movements. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 102, 101-108. https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.10177 [details]
- Martens, E. (2016). [Review of: C. Freeman (2014) Entrepreneurial Selves: Neoliberal Respectability and the Making of a Caribbean Middle Class]. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 101, 138-140. https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.10147 [details]
2015
- Martens, E. (2015). A Parradox in Caribbean Cinema? An Interview with Minimal Movie Filmmaker Pim de la Parra, Pragmatic Dreamer from Suriname. Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies , 6(2), 84-97. https://doi.org/10.17742/IMAGE.CCN.6-2.8 [details]
- Martens, E. (2015). [Review of: R.E. Carrasquillo (2014) The People’s Poet: Life and Myth of Ismael Rivera, an Afro-Caribbean Icon]. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 98, 134-135. https://doi.org/10.18352/erlacs.9986 [details]
2014
- Martens, E. S. (2014). Independent Documentary Filmmaking in Jamaica: An Interview with Esther Figueroa. In A. Traverso, & K. M. Wilson (Eds.), Political Documentary Cinema in Latin America (pp. 166-179). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2013.774129 [details]
2013
- Martens, E. S. (2013). Independent Documentary Filmmaking in Jamaica: An Interview with Esther Figueroa. Social Identities, 19(3-4), 440-453. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2013.774129 [details]
2007
- Martens, E. (2007). Once were warriors: the aftermath: the controversy of OWW in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aksant. [details]
2016
- Martens, E. (2016). Film: Maori Cinema. In J. A. Murray, & K. M. Nadeau (Eds.), Pop Culture in Asia and Oceania (pp. 139-142). (Entertainment and society around the world). ABC-Clio. [details]
2014
2010
- Martens, E. (2010). Voorbij de horizon maar binnen het beeld: imperialisme, globalisering en moderne media. Simulacrum, 18(2/3), 90-95. [details]
- Martens, E. (2010). [Review of: A.M. Stock (2009) On location in Cuba: street filmmaking during times of transition]. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe, 88, 123-125. [details]
2020
- Martens, E. (Author), & Oomen, W. (Author). (2020). Waarom deze ontwikkelingscampagnes echt niet meer kunnen. Web publication or website, OneWorld. https://www.oneworld.nl/lezen/discriminatie/sociaal-onrecht/waarom-deze-ontwikkelingscampagnes-echt-niet-meer-kunnen/ [details]
- Martens, E. (Author), & Oomen, W. (Author). (2020). Why These Aid Campaigns Need to End. Web publication or website, ZAM. https://www.zammagazine.com/perspectives/blog/1027-why-these-aid-campaigns-need-to-end [details]
- Martens, E. (Author). (2020). Stop Filming Us: De film die nooit gemaakt had mogen worden. Web publication or website, OneWorld. https://www.oneworld.nl/lezen/opinie/stop-filming-us-de-film-die-nooit-gemaakt-had-mogen-worden/ [details]
- Martens, E. S. (2020). Stop Filming Us: The Film That Indeed Should Never Have Been Made. ZAM Magazine. https://www.zammagazine.com/arts/1239-stop-filming-us-the-film-that-should-never-have-been-made
Media appearance
- Martens, E. & Ackermann, B. (01-09-2016). Welcome to the Smiling Coast [Other]. Welcome to the Smiling Coast. http://www.welcometothesmilingcoast.com
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Ancillary activities
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Stichting Caribbean Creativity
Intiatiefnemer, oprichter en voorzitter
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Stichting Caribbean Creativity
Martens, E. (2021). The 1930s Horror Adventure Film on Location in Jamaica: ‘Jungle Gods’, ‘Voodoo Drums’ and ‘Mumbo Jumbo’ in the ‘Secret Places of Paradise Island’. Humanities, 10(2), Article 62.