Dr Jo Scott (she/her) is an artist-researcher and educator, based in central Portugal. Jo’s research is conducted through a variety of creative practices including performance, installation, sound walks and sonic experiences. She holds a practice-based PhD in intermedial performance-making and has worked on more than 20 artistic research projects. Jo’s current research is exploring the use of sited sonic practices such as sound walks, instructional works and sonic scores to explore human relationships with changing, disturbed and damaged landscapes. This research is particularly interested in the relationships we form with the more than human world, the value we place on our companion species and how creative digital practices can reveal our close entanglements with these species. Jo has taught in UK Higher Education for the past 12 years and is a scholar of digital performance, a field in which she has published widely. She is also an expert in artistic and practice research, has supervised and examined a number of practice research doctoral projects and has been invited to speak about practice research to researchers at a range of institutions. She is the associate editor of the International Journal of Performing Arts and Digital Media and is currently co-editing a new collection about extended reality performance, due out in 2025.

Specialism: Environment/Conservation/Eco-Embodied/Horticulture, Interactive Arts, Sound Arts, Sound Walks, Theatre