Michelle Teran

Michelle Teran is a Canadian-born Lecturer in Social Practices at the Willem de Kooning Academy (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences), with concurrent lecturer status in Visual Arts at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art / NTNU since 2016. She actively contributes to the Neighborhood Academy in Berlin's Prinzessinnengarten, focusing on community-driven educational initiatives.

Her research integrates art with social theory through key areas:

• Socially engaged and site-specific art practices
• Transmedia storytelling and counter-cartographies
• Urban geography, infrastructures, and psychogeography
• Feminist practices and critical pedagogy
• Surveillance architecture and activism
• Interactive interface design in social contexts

Teran's recent publications reveal a trajectory centered on ethical research frameworks and speculative educational futures. Her 2024 book 'Utterances' examines care-informed methodologies emerging from institutional 'cracks', while the 2020 tome 'Letters' explores dystopian/utopian scenarios in arts education, both emphasizing collective action and social justice.

She operates within collaborative structures including the Promiscuous Care Study Group (formed at Willem de Kooning Academy) and the Neighborhood Academy in Berlin, where urban gardening serves as a platform for social practice and community engagement.