research areas…
I am currently in “thesis mode” and will post updates here as things develop and twist and turn! Some themes are: (selected) trans-Pacific ocean-oriented practices, underwater sound and listening, decolonizing methodologies, field recordings, sound installations, and struggling-navigating-situating my own positionalities within the times-spaces frameworks of my research areas…more to come…
Sit, Janet. “Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble: examining and applying underwater time-space experiences towards an eco-activism informed artistic practice”, presented online at University of Pittsburgh Music Graduate Students’ Organization “Music, Space, and Time” Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March 22-23, 2024.
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Scottish School of Graduate Studies - EARTH Scholarship Program 2025: multiple presentations/demo on different aspects of my research project in Scotland, UK, which will be integrated into my dissertation.
SGSAH Meet our 2025 EARTH Scholars webpage
SGSAH Global Connects Research Presentations - YouTube
1) Sit, Janet. “Tides and Tides of Kinship: Speculative World-Making in Scotland’s Multispecies Waters”, presented online at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Research Exchange Talk, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, April 28, 2025.
2) Sit, Janet. “Tides and Tides of Kinship: Speculative World-Making in Scotland’s Multispecies Waters”, presented online for Research on Animal Song in Culture, Arts, and Literature (RASCAL) and Science, Humanities, and Arts Research Exchange (SHARE), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, May 14, 2025.
3) Sit, Janet. “Tides and Tides of Kinship: Speculative World-Making in Scotland’s Multispecies Waters”, presentation and sound installation demo, Science, Humanities, and Arts Research (SHARE) Symposium #3 “On Inspiration”, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK, June 10, 2025.