Dr Michael Tan PhD, MA, BFA
Associate Professor
Summary
My research interest explores art and design practices in relation to health & well-being, care, ageing, and human flourishing. Inspired by assemblage theory, I am interested to explore the role of creative practice in shaping culture of care in various care settings and the wider context of medical/ health humanities and health communication.
About
I joined Lab4Living at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ as an Associate Professor in Art and Design in 2020; contributing to the lab’s ongoing work on the 100 Year Life & the Future Home as well as Post-graduate education development. My ongoing collaborations include The Repository for Arts and Health Resources project led by Sidney De Haan Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Centre for Arts and Health, Canterbury Christ Church University; The A-health Project (Mcgill University- Nanyang Technological University). I keen to explore collaboration or supervise projects related, but not limited to the following lines of inquiry:
- The Future of Care and wellbeing
- Wonderment and Wellbeing
- Therapeutic engagements/ experience (e.g. technology-inspired participatory)
- Therapeutic Objects
- Communicating Health
Teaching
College of Social Sciences and Arts
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- Lab4Living
- Culture and Creativity Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Institute
Current Projects
My research interests include:
- Arts, Design and Culture for Health and Wellbeing
- Creative Ageing
- Socially-Engaged Art and Design
- Health/ Medical Humanities
- Art and design in Medicine Education
- Arts-based Social/ Health Ï㽶ÊÓƵ / Visual Methods
- Art & design-based Health Communication
Publications
Journal articles
Ho, A.H.Y., Ma, S.H.X., Tan, M., Bajpai, R., Goh, S.S.N., Yeo, G., ... Beauchet, O. (2023). . Frontiers in Medicine, 10.
Ma, S.H.X., Tan, M., Goh, S.S.N., Yeo, G., Teng, A., Yang, Y., ... Ho, A.H.Y. (2023). Frontiers in Medicine, 10.
Tan, M., Tan, C.M., Tan, S.G., Yoong, J., & Gibbons, B. (2021). . Arts and Health.
Ho, A.H.Y., Ma, S.H.X., Tan, M.K.B., & Bajpai, R.C. (2021). . Frontiers in Psychology, 12.
Tan, M., & Tan, C.M. (2021). . Public Health, 192, 68-71.
Tan, M. (2019). . International Journal of Art and Design Education, 38 (4), 878-886.
Tan, M. (2018). . Arts and Health, 12 (1), 1-18.
Tan, M. (2018). . Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 9 (1), 25-36.
Conference papers
Seah, C.E.L., & Tan, M. (2018). . Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference.
Book chapters
Tan, M.K.B. (2022). Caring Consciousness, Participatory Art, and Well-Being: The Caring Artist. In Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Health Humanities. (pp. 1-5). Springer International Publishing:
Tan, M.K.B., & Atkinson, S. (2020). Multiplicity and Encounters of Cultures of Care in Advanced Ageing. In Global Perspectives on Health Geography. (pp. 241-259). Springer International Publishing:
Books
Clift, S., Kreutz, G., Pritchard, S., Tan, M., Lehikoinen, K., De Quadros, A., ... Phillips, K. (Eds.). (2023). . Frontiers Media SA.
Clift, S., Kreutz, G., Pritchard, S., Tan, M., Lehikoinen, K., De Quadros, A., ... Phillips, K. (Eds.). (2023). . Frontiers Media SA.
Performances
Tan, M., & Barnes, A. (2022). . Lab4Living, Dying Dialogue Symposium (Toronto, Canada), Dying Matter Week 2023 (Sheffield- Lab4Living)
Other publications
Tan, M., & Fisher, H. (2023). . OPUS:
Tan, M., & Fisher, H. (2023). . OPUS:
Postgraduate supervision
I am keen to explore collaboration or supervise projects related, but not limited to the following lines of inquiry:
- The Future of Care and Wellbeing
- Wonderment and Wellbeing
- Therapeutic engagements/ experience (e.g. technology-inspired participatory)
- Therapeutic Objects
- Communicating Health