Research
Research groups
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Research interests
- Fashion Narratives and Consumption
- Liminality, Transgressions and Youth culture
- Digital Pedagogies and Argumentation
- Engagement, Enjoyment and EDI in Pedagogy
Accepting applications from PhD students.
Email: S.Tan@soton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 23 8059 9287
With her international background as a literary theorist and educator (Singapore, Malaysia and China), Karen is one of the MA module leads for research in Winchester School of Art's Fashion and Textiles Department for students in fashion marketing and branding. Her PhD focused on reception, youth studies and liminality in gothic materiality, and has since expanded to include fashion consumption and narratives and pedagogy focussing on enjoyment, engagement and student collaboration/partnerships.