Melanie SarantouDr Melanie Sarantou is Professor of Social Design at Kyushu University in Japan. Her interests span the role of improvisation in arts and design practices when the unsuspected emerges and surprises the researcher. She seeks to understand how te haptic and tactile qualities of arts and narrative practices can sustain marginalised communities. Her recent research explored the role of the arts in mitigating societal challenges. Read More Read Less