STAFF PROFILE
Dr Djoymi Baker
Dr Djoymi Baker is a Lecturer in Cinema Studies at the School of Media & Communication.
Djoymi Baker is a Lecturer in Cinema Studies, and formerly worked in the Australian television industry. Her research examines film and television genres; children's screen cultures; myth in popular culture; stardom; and the ethics of representing the non-human on screen, from animals to aliens.
Djoymi is the author of To Boldly Go: Marketing the Myth of Star Trek (IB Tauris 2018) and the co-author of The Encyclopedia of Epic Films (Rowman & Littlefield 2014), and Netflix, Dark Fantastic Genres and Intergenerational Viewing (Routledge 2023). Her work can be found in leading journals such as Critical Studies in Television, Celebrity Studies, and Studies in Documentary Film.
Djoymi teaches Cinema Studies in the Bachelor of Communication (Media). Djoymi is also an Academic Advisor at RMIT and a member of the Student Staff Consultative Committee (SSCC) in the Media program. She is a Chief Investigator on the project Australian Children's Television Cultures, a Swinburne research project in collaboration with RMIT University, funded by the Australian Children's Television Foundation. Djoymi supervises PhD projects on film and television genre; fandom; stardom; screen paratexts; and children's screen cultures. She is a committee member and secretary of the online journal Senses of Cinema.
Network and Engagement
2024
- Baker, Djoymi and Lucie McMahon, 2024. "Film Genre Now: RMIT University Student Dossier," Senses of Cinema, Issue 108.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2024. Regular "Screen Time" reviewer, ABC 774 Radio Melbourne.
- Baker, Djoymi and Balanzategui, Jessica. 2024. "Troublesome Tweens: Crazy Fun Park, Genre, and Demographic Challenges in Children's Television," Presentation, The Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March.
- Baker, Djoymi. 2024. "Spontaneous applause: A reflection on film reception after COVID," Australian Reception Network Blog, 12 March. https://australianreceptionnetwork.com/blog/
2023
- Baker, Djoymi, 2023. Regular "Screen Time" reviewer, ABC 774 Radio Melbourne.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2023. Co-convenor, "What is Children's Content in the Streaming Era," Symposium, RMIT University, 20-21 November.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2023. Introduction to Spirited Away, Best Pictures You've Never Seen, The Capitol Theatre, 21 February.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2023. "In his element": Burt Lancaster and The Train (John Frankenheimer, 1964), CTEQ Annotations on Film, Senses of Cinema, April.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2023. Interviewed by Beatrice Hazlehurst, The era of the tween icon is over as we know it, i-D, 5 April.
- Lester, Catherine, Djoymi Baker, Stephanie Harkin and Mark David Ryan, 2023. "The 'Horrors' of Kids' Entertainment in the Streaming Era," Roundtable, What is Children's Content in the Streaming Era? Issues, Tensions, Controversies Symposium, RMIT, November.
2022
- Baker, Djoymi, 2022. Regular "Screen Time" reviewer, ABC 774 Radio Melbourne.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2022. Roundtable participant, "The Franchise Mode and Contemporary Hollywood," SSAAANZ Conference, 2 December.
- Balanzategui, Jessica, Djoymi Baker, Liam Burke, and Joanna McIntyre, 2022. Australian Children's Television Cultures, submission to the Consultation on Renewed National Cultural Policy, Swinburne University in collaboration with RMIT University, August.
- Baker, Djoymi, Jessica Balazategui and Diana Sandars, 2022. "Netflix, Dark Fantastic Genres and Intergenerational Viewing," Presentation, Critical Studies in Television Conference, 11 July.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2022. Panel participant, Future on Film Series, "Strange Days," Melbourne Knowledge Week, 13 May.
- Baker, Djoymi, Tara Lomax, Liam Burke, and Paul Ramaeker, 2022. "The Franchise Mode and Contemporary Hollywood," Roundtable, SSAAANZ Conference 2022, Massey University, New Zealand, December.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2022. Interview. "E.T. 40th Anniversary". ABC Radio Gippsland, 18 June.
- Consultant, Experience Design Workshop, National Communications Museum, Melbourne, December.
2021
- Baker, Djoymi, 2021 (interview). Adult Nostalgia for Childhood TV Shows. RTRFM, 30 November.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2021 (interview). Nostalgic Children's Shows. ABC Radio, Regional Riff, 17 November.
- Baker, Djoymi, Jessica Balanzategui, Joanna McIntyre, and Liam Burke, 2021. Beyond Bluey: why adults love re-watching Australian kids' TV from their childhoods, The Conversation, 16 November.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2021 (interview). Reminiscing about Childhood TV Shows. ABC Radio Melbourne, 11 November.
- Burke, Liam, Djoymi Baker, Jessica Balanzategui, and Joanna McIntyre, 2021. 'An idealised Australian ethos': why Bluey is an audience favourite, even for adults without kids, The Conversation, 29 September.
- Balanzategui, Jessica, Djoymi Baker, Joanna McIntyre and Liam Burke, 2021. Round the Twist's fans grew up – and their love for the show grew with them, The Conversation, 10 September.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2021. Soylent Green: Food Forecast Hard to Swallow, The Capitol Journal, March.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2021. Intergenerational Spectatorship: Doctor Who at the beach, Critical Studies in Television Online, 12 February.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2021. "The Stranger (1964-5): Environmental refugees of a poisoned world," Presentation, Eco-Media Symposium 2021, RMIT, August and Messengers from the Stars: Episode VI, Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal, November.
2020
- Baker, Djoymi, 2020. The Shock of the Old: The 'Documentary' Fiction Film Moment with COVID-19, Senses of Cinema, Issue 95, July.
- Baker, Djoymi and Roberta Pearson, 2020. Return and Renewal in Star Trek: Picard, invited paper, Confessions of an Aca-Fan, 18 May.
- Baker, Djoymi, Jessica Balanzategui, and Diana Sandars, 2020. Family Watch Together TV: Netflix and the Dark Intergenerational Fantasy, Critical Studies in Television Online, 3 April.
- Baker, Djoymi, 2020. "'Family Watch Together TV': Reconfiguring the Netflix child audience," Presentation, International Conference on Children's Studies, London University, United Kingdom, March.
Affiliations
- 2023-present, Convenor, Melbourne SSAAANZ Hub.
- 2023-present, Steering Committee, Australian Reception Network (ARN).
- 2023-present, Steering Committee, Streaming Industries and Genre Network (SIGN).
- 2022-Present, AFI Research Collection Advisory Panel.
- 2021-Present, RMIT, Student Staff Consultative Committee (SSCC), BP221 Bachelor of Communication (Media)
- 2020-Present, Secretary, Senses of Cinema journal.
- Baker, D. (2024). Animating Sub-Mariner and Aquaman: Generational Taste and the Moral Panic of the 1968 Television Season In: Superheroes Beyond, University Press of Mississippi, United States
- Baker, D. (2023). The face of the environment: environmental human rights on screen In: Studies in Documentary Film, 17, 53 - 65
- Baker, D.,Balanzategui, J. (2023). Heritage child stars on Disney+: the liquidities of child stardom in the SVOD era In: Celebrity Studies, 14, 186 - 199
- Baker, D.,Balanzategui, J.,Sandars, D. (2023). Netflix, Dark Fantastic Genres and Intergenerational Viewing, Routledge, Abingdon, United Kingdom
- McIntyre, J.,Burke, L.,Baker, D.,Balanzategui, J. (2023). Kids’ TV Memories: Audience Perspectives on the Roles and Long-term Value of Australian Children’s Television In: Australian Children's Television Foundation Melbourne, Australia
- Baker, D. (2023). Brad’s Biceps and Dwayne’s Delts: Stardom as Physicality and Digital Spectacle in Troy (2004) and Hercules (2014) In: Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film, Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Burke, L.,McIntyre, J.,Balanzategui, J.,Baker, D. (2022). Parents’ Perspectives on Australian Children’s Television in the Streaming Era In: Australian Children's Television Foundation Melbourne, Australia
- Baker, D. (2021). ‘Being the spiders’: The human-animal in Kazuo Ishiguro and Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go In: Journal of Animal Ethics, 11, 97 - 105
- Baker, D. (2020). Child’s play: Addressing the young Cold War audience in Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1949–1955) In: Critical Studies in Television, 15, 112 - 128
- Baker, D. (2019). Predestination: Uncanny (mis)recognition, science fiction and ‘home movie’ moments In: The Soundtrack, 10, 145 - 160
- Tracking, Evidencing, and Maximising the Impact of the Australian Children Television Foundation’s Activities, 2021-2024. Funded by: The Australian Children's Television Foundation- competitive from (2021 to 2024)
1 PhD Completions6 PhD Current Supervisions
- PhD (Screen and Cultural Studies), The University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours (Double Major in Cinema and History), The University of Melbourne
- Chief Investigator for Australian Children's Television Cultures, a Swinburne University project in collaboration with RMIT University, funded by the Australian Children's Television Foundation.
- Regular television reviewer for ABC Radio and film and television commentator.
- Previously worked in the Australian television industry.