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	Asst Prof Michael Thaddeus Tan Koon Boon Assistant Professor School of Art, Design and Media College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences Email: MICHAELTAN@ntu.edu.sg Phone: (+65)6316 8991 Office: ART 4-30
Education
MA (Photography & Urban Cultures) University of London, Goldsmiths Coll. 2006 BFA Sch. of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2001
Biography
Asst. Prof. Michael Tan joined the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) in September 2007. Prior to joining NTU, he served as a part time lecturer at LaSalle College of the Arts and at The National Institute of Education (NIE) where he taught a range of media art related courses in studio practice, theory and history. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his Masters in Photography and Urban Cultures from Goldsmiths College, University of London. His practice seek to link art and design to the fields of healthcare, humanities, architecture and communication.
Research Interests
Asst Prof Tan's research interest explores issues related to Art, Design and Health, Health Communication and Creative Aging through the framework of Visual communication and Visual Methodology. He is interested to explore the roles and significances of creative communication design processes in the everyday life of people particularly (but not limiting to) patients, caregivers and the elderly. He is currently mapping the state of Arts in Healthcare development in Singapore as a preparation to facilitate future work in the field. As an advocate for Arts and Health, he is keen to raise the level of specialty in the field and to promote interaction among healthcare practitioners, administrators, the creative industry and other relevant disciplines such as social sciences and engineering to enable patients and caregiver to have a better quality of care and life. He has ran art for health project for clients in Parkinson's Disease's support group at Singapore General Hospital, Parkinson's Disease Society Singapore, Prostate Cancer Support Group - Tan Tock Seng Hospital and is in currently working closely with the National Arts Council to grow the field of Arts and Health in Singapore.
Research Grant
Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2008-) Academic Research Fund Tier 1 (2011-)
Current Projects
Art & design in healthcare: a pilot study on the significances and roles of art and design to improve the quality of life Shoes and social fabrics: Exploring the journeys and life-worlds of a pair of flip-flops
Selected Publications
Doyle Lyons, K., Tickle-Degnen, L., Henry, A., & Cohn, E. S., Elkis-Abuhoff, D. L., Goldblatt, R. B., Gaydos, M., & Corrato, S. , Goldblatt, R., Elkis-Abuhoff, D., Gaydos, M., & Napoli, A., Ministry of Health Singapore, Oehlberg, K., Barg, F. K., Brown, G. K., Taraborelli, D., Stern, M. B., & Weintraub, D., Parkinson's Disease Society Singapore, Simpson, J., Haines, K., Lekwuwa, G., Wardle, J., & Crawford, T., Tan, L. C. S., Tan, A.K.Y., Tjia, H.T.L., Venketasubramanian, N., Jamora, R. D. G., & Heng, D. , Hong, C.Y., Sahadevan, S., Chin, J.J., Krishnamoorthy, E.S., Tan, A.K.Y., Saw, S.M. (2011, November ). Creative Paperclay and Parkinson’s Disease: Shaping Identities, Enriching Lives. Paper presented at 3rd Annual International Arts and Health Conference, Canberra, 14 - 17 November 2011, National Gallery of Australia. Clift, Stephen, M. Camic, Paul, Chapman, Brian, Clayton, Gavin, Daykin, Norma, Eades, Guy, et al., Cox, Susan M., Lafrenière, Darquise, Brett-MacLean, Pamela, Collie, Kate, Cooley, Nancy, Dunbrack, Janet, et al., Dileo, Cheryl, & Bradt, Joke. , Lim, Meng-kin.,Sonke, Jill, Rollins, Judy, Brandman, Rusti, & Graham-Pole, John., Wreford, Gareth. (2010, November ). Arts in Healthcare: A Singapore Survey The Use Of Arts In Singapore's Public Hospitals. Paper presented at 2nd International Arts and Health Conference, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne, Victoria. . (2009). Shoes and social fabrics: Exploring the Journeys and Life-worlds of a Pair of Flip-flops.British Academy Review, 29-34. Roland Barthes, Zygmunt Bauman, Elizabeth Chaplin, John R. Hall, C. Wright Mills,Herbert Read, Frank Webster, Sarah Pink, Alex Coles. (2008, August ). A synergized disturbance. Paper presented at Space, Time & Image: International Visual Sociology Association Conference, FLACSO, Aycucho 551, Buenos Aires. Roland Barthes, Zygmunt Bauman, Elizabeth Chaplin, John R. Hall, C. Wright Mills, Herbert Read, Frank Webster, Sarah Pink, Alex Coles. (2008, May ). A synergized disturbance: An artist and sociologist talks. Paper presented at Urban Encounter, Goldsmiths College.

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