Thomas Barker

Thomas Barker is Honorary Associate Professor at the Australian National University's Research School of Humanities & the Arts. His research examines Southeast Asian screen industries through frameworks of cultural sociology, with particular focus on Indonesian cinema and transnational media flows.

Research domains include:

• Cultural policy and censorship mechanisms
• Transnational production networks
• Postcolonial identity in cinema
• Islamic popular culture

Publications analyze creative industries policy formation, international co-productions, and representations of social issues in Southeast Asian film. His monograph Indonesian Cinema after the New Order traces industry transformations following political reforms.