Welcome to the web home of Dr John Gunders

 

I am a researcher, writer, and academic with interests in television (particularly cooking shows), popular music, and cultural and media studies. I have published peer-reviewed articles on television cooking shows, film, literary theory, and cultural studies, and co-authored a mass-market book on memetics. See my comprehensive list of publications here.

I have taught tertiary level courses in cultural studies, communication, new media, literary theory, and critical theory, and presented at international conferences around Australia. Full details of my teaching and other work experience here.

I was, for five and a half years from 2005, Project Officer for the ARC Cultural Research Network, overseeing the research activities of over 70 academics in 21 Australian institutions.

I am currently actively researching topics in film documentary, cultural heritage and cultural value, and the importance of place as a signifier of authenticity. Read about my current research here.

13 March 2012: My latest article, "Created Communities: Caboolture Historical Village" has just been published in Altitude no 10. Details here.

17 February 2011:"Authenticating the Kitchen: Poh's Kitchen and Jamie's Great Italian Escape," has just been published in Metro no 167. Available in libraries and bookshops.

11 November 2010: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Memes is released in Australia on Friday 12 November 2010, and should appear in bookstores shortly after that date. Reviews are already starting to appear, and you can read some of them here.

10 November 2010: Disturbed by the amount of information about me on the internet that has been gathered by harvester-bots and aggregated without my oversight or permission, I have decided to create this website covering my professional and academic life, that I do have control over. This is the definitive John Gunders site on the web, and all others are pale imitations. You can contact me via the Contact page on this site.