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Research interests

1. Field: intercultural performance studies, cultural geography, psychogeography, education, critical heritage studies, cross-cultural psychology.

2. Research approach: artistic research, participatory action research, embodied knowledge, phenomenology.

3. Themes: bodycartography, body archive, identity & power, home & belonging, body territory, arts education, critical pedagogy, audience & community engagement, art & activism.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

External positions

Education & Research Lead, European Association for Dance Movement Therapy

1 Apr 202430 Jun 2026

Artistic Director, Forge Collective

1 Jan 2014 → …

Keywords

  • GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography
  • GN Anthropology
  • H Social Sciences (General)
  • HT Communities. Classes. Races
  • HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
  • JQ Political institutions Asia
  • L Education (General)
  • NX Arts in general

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