SARANTOU AUGUSTA CHILION MELANIE
Organization
Faculty of Design Department of Strategic Design Professor
Center for Designed Futures of Kyushu University
（Joint Appointment）
School of Design Department of Design（Joint Appointment）
Graduate School of Design Department of Design（Joint Appointment）
Title
Professor
Contact information
Tel
810925534448
Profile
Professor of Social Design
International Liaison, Centre for Designed Futures Kyushu University
Homepage
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https://kyushu-u.pure.elsevier.com/ja/persons/melanie-sarantou
My interests lie in the role of improvisation in arts and design practices when the unsuspected emerges and surprises the researcher. I explore how the haptic and tactile qualities of arts and narrative practices can sustain marginalized communities, mitigating societal challenges while my PhD holistically mapped Namibian craft and design through a postcolonial lens.
External link
ORCID
Degree
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MTech (Fashion Design), Tshwane University of Technology
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MBA (Marketing), Australian Institute of Business
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PhD (Visual Art), University of South Australia
Research History
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From 2016 (Ongoing) Adjunct Professor, University of Lapland, Finland 2021, Title of Docent (Arts-based Methods in Social Design, Cum Laude); Adjunct Professor (University of Lapland, Finland) Adjunct Professor (Social Design) Research Fellow, Project Coordinator AMASS (Acting on the margins: Arts as social sculpture), H2020 Project (2020-2022); Work Package (WP) Leader, WP6 (Project Management and Coordination), H2020 Project (2020-2022). Senior Researcher (Project D: PromoTing Sustainable PRactices for Digitalizing IndigenoUS CulTural Heritage - Global North and South Juxtaposed (TRUST); Work Package (WP) Leader and Principal Investigator (2022-2024). Coordinating research and education grant writing, including the coordination of large consortiums: Horizon Europe, Erasmus Mundus, Op HEI-ICI, Finish Academy, Kone Foundation. Research supervision of PhD candidates in the areas of artistic research, social design and service design. Senior Researcher, TRUST Project (2022 – 2024), University of Lapland Strategic Funding. 2010-2014, PhD Researcher, Visual Art and Design, University of South Australia. Grant funded PhD Researcher (Namibian Government Student Training Program), Australia. Research themes in areas of identities, narrativity, postcoloniality, improvisation 1998 - 2007, Lecturer, Fashion Design, University of Namibia, Department of Visual Arts, Lecturer (Fashion Design), Namibia Lecturing Fashion (undergraduate level, distance education), Curriculum development (Fashion Design), development of course materials (Fashion Design)
Research Interests・Research Keywords
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Research theme：PromoTing Sustainable PRactices for Digitalizing IndigenoUS CulTural Heritage - Global North and South Juxtaposed (TRUST)
Keyword：Social design, cultural heritage, design solutions by communities
Research period： 2023.5
Papers
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Collaborative art and storytelling as an empowering tool for social design. Invited Reviewed International journal
Akimenko, D., Sarantou, M. & Miettinen, S.
Routledge Publishers 60 - 75 2023.1
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Reflections in water: Displaying political agency through costume, performance and video Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Studies in Costume & Performance 7 ( 1 ) 109 - 126 2022.5
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Spatial Entanglements from South to North Invited Reviewed International journal
Qureshi, Amna; Sarantou, Melanie; Pietarinen, Heidi; Miettinen, Satu
Design Research Society, Textile Intersections 2024.2
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An Education Model for Creating Engagement in SDG Action. Reviewed International journal
Zhang, Y., Sarantou, M., & Cruz, C. (2023).
The 7th International Conference for Design Education Researchers, 29 November - 1 December 2023, London, United Kingdom. 2024.2
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The Entrepreneurial Fashion Designer as an Agent of Sustainable Innovation: A Namibian Case Study Invited Reviewed
Chakirra Claasen, Cyrlene Claasen, Melanie Sarantou
Art and Sustainability Transitions in Business and Society 177 - 206 2024.2
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Arts-Based Research: Why Push the Boundaries of Creativity in Research? Invited Reviewed
Sarantou, Melanie
Geijutsu Kogaku: The Journal of Design, Vol. 39, 2024, pp. 1-16. 2024.2
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“I will now be more aware”: The Intersection of Human-Computer Interaction and Indigenous Artmaking in Living Cultural Heritage. Invited Reviewed International journal
2024.2
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Design with More than Humans: Reimagining Social Biomimicry through Collaborations in Learning, Performance and Coauthorship Invited Reviewed International journal
Tokushu Inamura & Melanie Sarantou
WDO Research and Education Forum, World Design Assembly 2023 in Tokyo (Japan), Design Beyond / Design with More than Humans: Reimagining Social Biomimicry through Collaborations in Learning, Performance and Co-authorship 2024.1
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Nature’s Own Intellectual Creation Reviewed
Heidi Härkönen, Rosa Maria Ballardini, Heidi Pietarinen, Melanie Sarantou
4 ( 1 (issue 7) ) 100 - 110 2023.6
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Storytelling as a Way to Design and Innovate Healthcare Services for Children Reviewed
Alhonsuo, M., Siivola, J., Sarantou, M., Miettinen, S.
Human-Centered Service Design for Healthcare Transformation: Development, Innovation, Change 265 - 284 2023.6
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SoftPowerArt Reviewed
Maria Huhmarniemi, Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou
Arts-Based Interventions and Social Change in Europe 105 - 111 2023.6
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Is money a dirty word? Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Niina Karvinen
Arts-Based Interventions and Social Change in Europe 173 - 182 2023.6
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Flags: A Shared Horizon Reviewed
Heidi Pietarinen, Amna Qureshi, Melanie Sarantou
Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse 217 - 227 2022.12
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Materiality as a mediator of empathy through culture-based product design for tourism Reviewed
Heidi Pietarinen, Eija Timonen, Melanie Sarantou
Empathy and Business Transformation 212 - 227 2022.12
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Multiperspective take on pluriversal agenda in artistic research Reviewed
Marija Griniuk, Daria Akimenko, Satu Miettinen, Heidi Pietarinen, Melanie Sarantou
Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse 40 - 54 2022.12
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Introduction: Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse Reviewed
Satu Miettinen, Enni Mikkonen, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos, Melanie Sarantou
Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse 1 - 14 2022.12
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Biotaidetta tarkasteleva laboratorio Reviewed
Heidi Pietarinen, Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou
Tahiti 12 ( 3 ) 111 - 120 2022.11
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Collaborative art and storytelling as an empowering tool for social design Reviewed
Daria Akimenko, Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Empathy and Business Transformation 60 - 75 2022.10
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Digital Storytelling to Share Service Experiences and Find Insights into Health Care Reviewed
Mira Alhonsuo, Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Service Design Practices for Healthcare Innovation 529 - 547 2022.10
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Meaning-making and interpretation through personal mandalas in the context of visual literacy Reviewed
Amna Qureshi, Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Journal of Visual Literacy 41 ( 3-4 ) 247 - 260 2022.10
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Performance and Fashion-Based Activities in Social Design Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Philippe Talavera
The International Journal of Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts 17 ( 1 ) 19 - 36 2022.9
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社会的課題の緩和における芸術の役割： 欧州7カ国の地域政策ロードマップ
38 - 67 2022.9
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AMASS European Testbed Artistic Experiment Evaluations
2022.6
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AMASS Policy White Paper Reviewed
Zenodo OpenAire 1 - 39 2022.5
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The Role of the Arts in Mitigating Societal Challenges: Regional Policy Roadmaps for Seven European Countries
University of Lapland 2022.5
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Introduction Reviewed
Satu Miettinen, Enni Mikkonen, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo Dos Santos, Melanie Sarantou
Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse 1 - 14 2022.1
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もっと忍耐と創造性を： オンラインステークホルダーワークショップにおけるチーム学習 Reviewed
Sarantou, M, Gutiérrez Novoa, C, Remotti, S, Alhonsuo, M
( 3 ) 1 - 28 2021.12
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Local stories
Melanie Sarantou
Arts-based social interventions 65 - 81 2021.12
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Context mapping for creative tourism Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Outi Kugapi, Maria Huhmarniemi
Annals of Tourism Research 86 2021.12
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Generating Stakeholder Workshops for Policymaking in Digital Environments through Participatory Service Design Reviewed
Malta Review of Educational Research 15 ( Supplement Issue ) 119 - 136 2021.11
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Five Salmon and Two Fish (viisi lohta ja kaksi kalaa) Reviewed
Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou
Documents of Socially Engaged Art 37 - 47 2021.11
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Documenting Sauna Stories Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen, Heidi Pietarinen
Documents of Socially Engaged Art 76 - 91 2021.11
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Love Talks and Neighbourhood
Mirja Hiltunen, Pieta Koskenniemi, Melanie Sarantou
Malta Review of Educational Research 15 ( Supplement Issue ) 97 - 117 2021.11
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Meaning Innovations with Design Support Reviewed
Design Management Journal 16 ( 1 ) 79 - 92 2021.10
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Creative tourism as a strategic approach for decolonial thinking and doing in Namibian tourism Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Creative tourism 205 - 216 2021.10
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Love Talks
Melanie Sarantou
Arts-based social interventions 38 - 50 2021.9
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Introduction: Arts-based methods for decolonising participatory research Reviewed
Seppala, T, Sarantou, M, Miettinen, S
Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research 1 - 18 2021.8
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Intersectional approaches to ecological restoration, recreation of commons
Heidi Pietarinen, Melanie Sarantou
2021.6
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Documents of Socially Engaged Art
Melanie Sarantou
2021.6
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Assessing an online toolset and stakeholder workshop for policy-making
Melanie Sarantou
Arts-based social interventions 52 - 62 2021.6
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Arts-based social interventions
Melanie Sarantou
2021.6
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Intersectional approaches to ecological restoration, recreation of commons
Heidi Pietarinen, Melanie Sarantou
2021.6
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メモリーボックス： 回想の実践とメモリー・ワークのためのアート・ベース・メソッドとしての立体キルト。 Reviewed
( 15 ) 84 - 94 2021.6
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Building a community through service design and responsiveness to emotions Reviewed
Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research 123 - 145 2021.4
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Deliverable 2.1 Data set of case studies in the Arts 2008-2020
Zs{'o}fia Somogyi-Rohonczy, {'A}gnes Veszelszky, Eszter Deli, Marie Fulkov{'a}, Magdalena Novotn{'a}, Silvia Remotti, {Guti{'e}rrez Novoa}, Carolina, Raphael Vella, Margerita Pul{'e}, Isabelle Gatt, Aidan Celeste, Angela Saldanha, Teresa E{c c}a, Raquel Balsa, Tang Tang, Paul Wilson, Maria Huhmarniemi, Mirja Hiltunen, Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
2021.3
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Forest play Reviewed
Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou
Dialogista vaikuttamista ( 68 ) 119 - 122 2021.3
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Participation of healthcare representatives in health-related design sprints Reviewed
Mira E. Alhonsuo, Melanie A. Sarantou, Samantha J. Hookway, Satu A. Miettinen, Maarja Motus
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design Creativity, ICDC 2020 44 - 51 2020.12
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Design for society: Ageing communities as co-designers in processes of social innovation Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Shaohua Pan
Journal of Design, Business and Society 6 ( 1 ) 129 - 141 2020.11
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Sensemaking in the design space: In-betweenness and identity construction of design managers Reviewed
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Design Creativity, ICDC 2020 152 - 159 2020.11
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‘My Piece of Heaven’ Reviewed
35 ( 1 ) 100 - 119 2020.3
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In her lap Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Sanna Sillgren, Laura Pokela
Relate Nort ( 5 ) 84 - 107 2019.12
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In her lap: Embodied learning through making. International journal
Melanie Sarantou
Relate North: Collaborative Art, Design and Education. 2019.12
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意味のあるポジティブな戦略的センスメイキングのモデル Reviewed International journal
Pääkönen, T, Miettinen, S.A, Sarantou, M.A
2019.11
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Track 5.a Introduction: Transforming Complexities through Design in Collaborative Community-based Processes
Melanie Sarantou
Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management 2019.11
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Decolonising Namibian Arts and Design through Improvisation Reviewed International journal
Melanie Sarantou, Caoimhe Beaule, Satu Miettinen
Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management 2019.11
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Ageing communities as co-designers of social innovation Reviewed
Shaohua Pan, Melanie Sarantou
China Journal of Social Work 12 ( 3 ) 273 - 286 2019.9
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周辺地域におけるケアのデザイン： 地域社会とのエンパワメント・プロセスとしてのアート・ベース・リサーチ Reviewed International journal
2019.6
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Introduction
Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou
Managing Complexity and Creating Innovation through Design 1 - 12 2019.4
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Design for Care Reviewed
Shaohua Pan, Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
13 ( 2 ) 25 - 40 2019.4
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Exploring Mapping Tools for Service Design through the Voitto Project International journal
Melanie Sarantou
The Lure of Lapland: A handbook of Arctic Art and Design 2018.12
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Exploring mapping tools for service design through the Voitto project
Melanie Sarantou, Mari Suoheimo
The Lure of Lapland ( 59 ) 52 - 65 2018.12
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Margin to Margin: Arts-Based Research for Digital Outreach to Marginalised Communities Reviewed International journal
Melanie Augusta Sarantou, Daria Akimenko, Nuno Escudeiro
The Journal of Community Informatics 14 ( 1 ) 2018.11
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Margin to Margin
Melanie Sarantou, Daria Akimenko, Nuno Escudeiro
Journal of Community Informatics 14 ( 1 ) 139 - 139 2018.11
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Fashion Design: The connective role of improvisation in new learning experiences Reviewed International journal
Melanie Sarantou
Universal Journal of Educational Research 6 ( 6 ) 1358 - 1364 2018.6
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Women's laps and intimate care and complex spaces Reviewed International journal
Melanie Sarantou
Feminism and museums 1 2017.12
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The connective role of improvisation in dealing with uncertainty during invention and design processes Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Conference proceedings of the Design Management Academy 4 1171 - 1186 2017.12
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IDoc: A technology tool as a platform for exploring data Reviewed
Daria Akimenko, Melanie Sarantou, Nuno Escudeiro, Satu Miettinen
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series 571 - 575 2017.11
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Narrating identities through art-making on the margins
Daria Akimenko, Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Arctic yearbook 6 97 - 111 2017.11
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Arctic Identities: Knowledge Transfer between Communities through Art-making and Narrative Processes Reviewed
Daria Akimenko, Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Arctic Yearbook 2017 6 97 - 111 2017.10
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Collaborative art and storytelling as an empowering tool for service design: South Australian case study Reviewed International journal
Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou, Daria Akimenko
For profit, for good: Developing organizations through service design 1457 - 0068 2016.12
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Collaborative art and storytelling as an empowering tool for service design Reviewed
Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou, Daria Akimenko
For profit, for good ( 11 ) 74 - 80 2016.12
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Namibian narratives: Postcolonial identities in craft and design Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou
2014.12
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A dynamic identity-building process contributing to Namibian couture design Reviewed International journal
Melanie Sarantou
2008.12
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Opus Omavu Reviewed
Melanie Sarantou
Namibia 2004.9
Books
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Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations Towards the Pluriverse
Satu Miettinen, Enni Mikkonen, Maria Cecilia, Loschiavo dos Santos, Melanie Sarantou
Routledge 2023.2
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Empathy and Business Transformation
Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen（ Role： Edit）
Routledge 2023.1
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Documents of Socially Engaged Arts
Raphael Vella, Melanie Sarantou
InSEA 2021.12
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Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research
Routledge 2021.6
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Managing Complexity and Creating Innovation through Design
Satu Miettinen, Melanie Sarantou
Routledge 2019.5
MISC
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Empathy and Business Transformation
Melanie Sarantou, Satu Miettinen
Empathy and Business Transformation 2022.1
Professional Memberships
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DESIS Network Social Innovation and Sustainability
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Social Design Network
Academic Activities
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Design and longevity, new perspectives, and challenges, Special Journal Issue, Revista Base Diseño e Innovación International contribution
2024.1 - 2024.12
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Screening of academic papers
Role(s)： Peer review
2024
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Communicating with Non-humans: A New Visual Language, Frontiers in Communication, Visual Communication International contribution
2023.10 - 2024.12
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Documents of Socially Engaged Arts. https://doi.org/10.24981/2021-DSEA International contribution
2023.5
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Empathy and Business Transformation. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003227557 International contribution
2023.5
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Artistic Cartography and Design Explorations to Pluriverse. https://doi.org/10.4324/978100328 International contribution
2023.5
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Arts-Based Methods for Decolonising Participatory Research. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003053408 International contribution
2023.5
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Managing Complexity and Creating Innovation through Design. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429022746 International contribution
2023.5
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Empathic Service Design, Book published by Bloomsbury Academic International contribution
2023.4 - 2024.12
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Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Digitalisation, Ethics, Legal Aspects, Art and Design, Palgrave Academic Publishers International contribution
2023.4 - 2024.10
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Screening of academic papers
Role(s)： Peer review
2023
Research Projects
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The seminar series, Service Design for Societal Change, was conducted over 9 weeks, focusing on Service Design for Societal Change. The series was attended by 4 Faculty Members from the Graduate School of Design and 6 international professors and doctors who are experts in Service Design. In addition, 8 graduate students from the Faculty of Design and 6 graduate students from other faculties at Kyushu University regularly attended the lectures, while 16 graduate students from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design attended two of the lectures in the seminar series.
2023
The International Collaborative Education Support Program FY2023
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：On-campus funds, funds, etc.
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PromoTing Sustainable PRactices for Digitalizing IndigenoUS CulTural Heritage - Global North and South Juxtaposed (TRUST) International coauthorship
2022.5 - 2023.7
University of Lapland, Strategic Fund
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s)
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TRUST (PromoTing Sustainable PRactices for Digitalizing IndigenoUS CulTural Heritage - Global North and South Juxtaposed)
2022 - 2024
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Scientific research funding
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Dialogue and Encounters in the Arctic
2020 - 2021
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Authorship：Collaborating Investigator(s) (not designated on Grant-in-Aid) Grant type：Scientific research funding
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SmartCulTour (Smart Cultural Tourism as a Driver of Sustainable Development of European Regions)
Grant number：870708 2019 - 2023
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Grant type：Scientific research funding
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Acting on the Margins: Arts as Social Sculpture
Grant number：870621 2019 - 2022
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Scientific research funding
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Women Living on the Edges of the World: Margin to Margin
2016 - 2017
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Authorship：Coinvestigator(s) Grant type：Scientific research funding
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Namibian Narratives: Identities in Craft and Design
2010
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Scientific research funding
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Namibian Narratives: Identities in Craft and Design
2009 - 2014
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Authorship：Principal investigator Grant type：Scientific research funding
Educational Activities
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Transformation Design
Academic Publishing and Dissemination
Societal Design
Strategic Design Special Project
Class subject
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Academic Publishing and Dissemination
2024.10 - 2025.3 Second semester
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芸術工学特別研究Ⅱ（ストラテジックデザインコース）
2024.10 - 2025.3 Second semester
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トランスフォーメーション・デザイン (Transformation Design)
2024.4 - 2024.9 First semester
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Strategic Design, Special Project
2023.4 - 2023.9 First semester
Visiting, concurrent, or part-time lecturers at other universities, institutions, etc.
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2024 Adjunct Professor, University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design Classification:Faculty conurrently holding another post Domestic/International Classification:Overseas
Semester, Day Time or Duration：2024, ongoing
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2023 Adjunct Professor, University of Lapland, Faculty of Art and Design Classification:Faculty conurrently holding another post Domestic/International Classification:Overseas
Semester, Day Time or Duration：2023, ongoing
Outline of Social Contribution and International Cooperation activities
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Promote international exchange lectures with a focus on service design with at least 4 international organisations and / or universities, such as Aalto University, University of Lapland, Loughborough University. Universidades Desarrollo, University of Architecture and Design Norway, Volkswagen.
Promote and plan the promotion of international lectures with a focus on social design with at least two partner universities, for example with Latvian Art Academy and Politechnico di Milano.
Promote and plan collaboration with the DESIS network and implement a DESIS Cafe at Kyushu University.
Promote collaboration with the Social Design Network (SDN) and apply for membership.
Social Activities
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Lecture date and time : Thursday, February 29, 2024 09:30-12:30 and 13:30-15:30 Lecture location: JICA Kyushu Center Kyushu Center | Kyushu Center | About JICA | JICA
2023.9
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Design Strategies for Entrepreneurship
Lecture date and time : Thursday, September 21, 2023 09:30-12:30 and 13:30-15:30 Lecture location: JICA Kyushu Center Kyushu Center | Kyushu Center | About JICA | JICA Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association, Kitakyushu 2023.5