Daisy Tam Dic Sze
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities & Creative Writing
Mr. Simon Suen and Mrs. Mary Suen Sino-Humanitas Institute
Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. Tam received her Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research interests include ethical food practices, food waste, food and urbanism, critical food studies, everyday life studies, migrant workers, ethnography, critical theory, cultural and media theory. Her current research on food waste and the city is a theoretical and technological project that explores the potential of collective food rescue practice. Her recent publications include Towards a Parasitic Ethics in Theory, Culture and Society London: Sage [forthcoming]; The Hidden Market: The Alternative Borough Market in Evers, C. & Seale K. (eds) (2014) Informal Urban Street Markets: International Perspectives New York: Routledge. p73-80; Little Manila: The Other Central of Hong Kong in Messy Urbanism University of Hong Kong Press [forthcoming]; Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. p195-204
Research Interest
Food, Culture and Society; Politics of the Ordinary; Introduction to the Humanities; Media and Communication: Issues, Concepts, Theories.
