Camilo Diaz Pino

Camilo Diaz Pino
  • Assistant Professor
  • Department: Communication and Media
  • Institution: West Chester University of Pennsylvania
  • Email: CDiazPino@wcupa.edu

Education

  • PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • BA, MA at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Research Interests

post-colonial dynamicperipheral media dynamiccross-cultural media circulationcultures of productionanimationkids’ media

Opportunities

Work Study Positions Available: No

Grant Funded Positions Available: No

Course-Credit Research Opportunities Available: No

Volunteer Research Positions Available: No

Biography

Dr. Díaz Pino is new to West Chester University, and teaches courses in cultural studies of media and media production. He has professional experience in 2D and 3D animation, video editing and post-production, video graphics, and live TV production. All of this happened in New Zealand, and the accents in this work are charming, if largely incomprehensible. Both his BA, and MA were obtained at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and he obtained his PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with research focusing on the circulation of Asian media to Latin America through Mexico City. He has published work on Cuban and Brazilian animation, as well as on North American comics and Japanese manga. His current publication projects include work on the use of cartoon fandom in political protests, and the positioning of Latin American political figures through social media in the wake of the Trump presidency. His research interests include post-colonial and peripheral media dynamics, cross-cultural media circulation, cultures of production, animation, and kids’ media.

List of Publications

  • “K-pop is Rupturing Chilean Society”: Fighting With Globalized Objects in Localized Conflicts, Article, Aug 2021 Weaponizing collective energy: Dragon Ball Z in the anti-neoliberal Chilean protest movement, Article, Dec 2018 Flows in Reflux: Video Brinquedo and the BRICS “Mockbuster” as a Glitch in Mediatic Hegemony, Article, Mar 2017 Sound affects: Visualizing music, musicians and (sub)cultural identity in BECK and Scott Pilgrim, Article, Jul 2015 Cartooning Pre-revolutionary Cuba: The Animated Exoticism of Time and Place in Vampiros en la Habana (1985) and Chico and Rita (2010), Article, May 2015