Teaching Staff
Tam Dic Sze, Daisy
- Associate Professor
- OfficeRRS630
- Tel3411 5871
- Emaildaisytam at hkbu.edu.hk
Dr. Tam received her Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research in urban food systems and critical cultural analysis on food waste is a theoretical and technical endeavour underpinned by an interest in ethical practices of care. She collaborates closely with community organisations and works in an interdisciplinary and impact-driven manner.
Dr. Tam has received multiple local and international grants, including the prestigious UGC-Fulbright Senior Scholar award (2018-2019) where she was a fellow at MIT’s Urban Risk Lab. She was also awarded the Faculty Performance Award in 2021 for her service to the community.
Her courses include: Introduction to Humanities, Digital Humanities, Internship for Humanities Studies, Politics of the Ordinary
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07/2022 – 06/2024 |
(Co-I) Faculty Niche Research Area Initiation Grant Untold Hong Kong Stories: multimedia narratives from the margins HKD986,400 |
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06/2021 – 01/2022 |
Arts Faculty Research Impact Grant The New Normal – together apart HKD 100,000 |
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04/2021 – 03/2022 |
Virtual Teaching and Learning Digital Humanities Channel HKD 200,000 |
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11/2020-10/2021 |
US Consulate General Hong Kong & Macau – PAS Small Grant Building Resilience for Migrant Domestic Workers Funded HKD 155,000 |
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04/2019- 02/2020 |
Nesta Collective Intelligence Grants Networked Intelligent Actions – testing the potential of crowdsourcing logistics in food rescue Funded £20,000 sterling HKD 210,000
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09/2018 – 02/2019 |
Fulbright-RGC Hong Kong Senior Research Scholar Award and Fulbright Grant Crowdsourcing Food Rescue – a new approach to food security and urban resilience RGC funded Fellowship HKD 210, 000 RGC funded Supplemental Funding HKD 150,000 Total Award HKD$360,000 |
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10/2016 – 05/2018 (completed) |
Institute of Creativity Grant Hong Kong’s Food System Funded HKD 100,000 |
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01/2016 – 12/2017 (completed) |
GRF General Research Grant Enabling Ethical Food Futures – surplus food practices as commons (HKBU 12609215) UGC funded HKD 242,200 |
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01/2014 – 12/2015 (completed) |
GRF General Research Grant The Capacity for Ethics – food practices in Hong Kong (HKBU 247313) UGC funded HKD 275,000 |
Journal Articles
(2022) Moving from Risky to Response-able Care. Antipode 54(3), pp.914-933.
(2021). Listening to Noise : Breadline — Food Rescue as System of Interruption. International Journal of Communication, 15, p.2710–2723.
(2019) Bordering Care : the care of foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong. Cultural Studies. Taylor & Francis, 33(6), pp. 989–1007.
(2016) Keeping it Fresh: Crowd- Sourced Modes of Food Preservation. Harvard Design Magazine – Shelf Life, Harvard University School of Design, 43, p118-119. solicited. (non-refereed)
(2016) Perception of healthy and unhealthy food among Chinese adolescents. Young Consumers. Emerald Insight 17(1), p32-45. (Co-authored) http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/YC-03-2015-00520
(2016) Towards a Parasitic Ethics. Theory, Culture and Society, London: Sage 33(4), p103-126.
Book Chapters
(2021) Urban Food Security and Sustainability in Asian Cities. In S. Islam & E. Kieu, eds. Climate Change and Food Security in Asia Pacific. Switzerland: Springer Nature. Pp.153-176
(2020) Open Crowd: just-in-time food rescue in Allon, F., Barcan, R., and Eddison-Cogan, K. eds. Temporalities of Waste – out of sight, out of time. Routledge Environmental Humanities. Pp.21-35
(2017) Derrida’s Hospitality and Serres’ Parasitism: The Case of Hong Kong. In S. Chu, ed. The Humanities in Asia – Hong Kong Culture and Society in the New Millennium, Vol.4. Springer. Pp.179-192
(2016) Little Manila: The Other Central of Hong Kong. In M. Chalana & J.Hou, eds. Messy Urbanism Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong Press. p119-135
Op-eds
(2018) ‘Elderly care is skilled work, and Hong Kong’s migrant domestic helpers should be recognised for their skills’, South China Morning Post [online], 18 July. Available at: https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2155655/elderly-care-skilled-work-and-hong-kongs-migrant.
(2016)「看不見」的城市糧食安全危機.Initium 端傳媒, [online] 31 July. solicited https://theinitium.com/article/20160731-opinion-daisytam-food/
