Dr. Patricia Kin-Leng Goon

PhD (Central Queensland University, Australia) BA (Hons) (Central Queensland University, Australia) Dip G/Design (La Salle College of Art & Design, Singapore) Email: patricia.goon@artsci.monash.edu.my

Area of expertise:

Cultural studies, specialising in cultural and social cyborgisms, postcolonial commoditisations and science fiction.

Current research  project:

• Bridging the Digital Divide in Rural Agricultural and Fishing Communities in Malaysia, Funded by eScience, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Malaysia)

Research interest:

My main research interests concern the construction of subjectivity within various postmodern and postcolonial pop-culture formats, especially in relation to notions of the cyborg, virtual reality, cyber-mediations and posthuman representations. Information and computer-mediated technologies and internet modalities are key study areas. Other research interests include fan culture and science fiction and fantasy studies.

Selected publications:

Journal Articles:

Goon P (2005) 'The Shared Bed of Slash and Science Fiction', Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres, No.20, Potpourri III: Terrains Vagues, p130-151

Goon P (2004) Foreigners on the inside: The cyborg as loss and violence. Interfacings: A Journal of Contemporary Media Studies, Spring Vol 1 Issue 1, University of Illinois. 

Goon P (2003) Keyboard resistance: The construct of presence as power in computer-mediated communication and mobile txting. In: Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture, Special Issue 36.2, Monash University Gippsland, p 40-50

Goon P, Craven A (2003) Whose debt?: Globalisation and whitefacing in Asia. In: Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context, Issue 9 No. 2, Murdoch University.

Goon P (1999) Violent cyborgs: Youth in a virtual reality world. In:  Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture, December 32:3, Monash University Gippsland, p 313-323