LASALLE faculty and students are prominently involved in a large variety of research activities and projects, including publication in peer-reviewed academic journals and books.
Journal and book publications
Building Research Capacity: Scaffolding the Process Through Arts-Based Pedagogy
Research into arts-based interventions is complex as art cannot be directly translated into words. Increasingly, there has been a global incessant call for research into using the arts in a range of mental health disciplines. Ongoing debates over methodology, primarily quantitative and qualitative, persist and this just may affect one's decision to engage in research. However, research is needed for a range of reasons including providing evidence of the integrity of a discipline, asserting core competencies of practitioners, for third party and stakeholder purposes including advocacy, the formative of relevant laws, protections, and access to services, and, of course, to highlight emerging trends and contemporary best practices to effectively address a plethora of the complex needs of clients.
Citation:
Lay, Ronald P.M.H. ''Building Research Capacity: Scaffolding the Process Through Arts-Based Pedagogy.'' Social work research using arts-based methods, edited by Ephrat Huss, and Eltje Bos, Bristol, Policy Press and Bristol University Press, 2022, pp. 170-180, ISBN / ISSN: 978-1447357889.
Culture and Context in Mental Health
Ronald Lay has spent the last ten years working as an art therapy educator, and he shares his observations of the local mental health scene in the last decade. Notably, there are significant cultural differences between the East and the West, and while some stigmas are rooted in cultural prejudices, there are some Eastern values that also support the mental health of the community in Singapore.
Citation:
Lay, Ronald , and Ming Kwang Hun. ''Culture and Context in Mental Health.'' Threading Worlds: Conversations on Mental Health: Singapore and Mental Health, edited by Ming Kwang Hun, Singapore, Penguin Random House SEA, 2022, pp. 201-225, ISBN / ISSN: 9789815058277.
cellF: Embodying Neural Networks with Musical Bodies
The ‘extended body’ defines a growing body of work in the realm of biological art that uses biological material towards the creation of art. The cellF project is one example that uses in-vitro human neurons as the engine to drive a custom-made analogue modular synthesiser. cellF exists on the peripheries of art, science, music and design to create a semi-living musical instrument. It points the way to future scenarios of autonomous music-making entities that are driven by intelligence born from living cells and tissue.
Citation:
Moore, Darren. ''cellF: Embodying Neural Networks with Musical Bodies.'' Embodied Performativity in Southeast Asia, edited by Stephanie Burridge, London, Routledge, 2022, ISBN / ISSN: 9780367567552.
ISSUE Arrhythmia: Special Volume
ISSUE is an international art journal focused on exploring issues in contemporary art. With an emphasis on Asia and Singapore, this annual publication is an inter and trans-disciplinary journal that curates research articles, essays, interviews and creative expressions on a range of disciplines from contemporary art, film, music to theatre.
Citation:
Purushothaman, Venka, et al., editors. ISSUE Arrhythmia: Special Volume. Singapore, LASALLE College of the Arts, 2022.
