Dr Toni Sant
School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies
Current positions
Associate Professor of Digital Curation
Biography
I have worked in higher education in the UK since 2004, after obtaining an MA (1998) and a PhD (2003) in Performance Studies from New York University.
Before joining the University of Salford I was a Reader in Digital Curation at the University of Hull’s Scarborough Campus, and previously Senior Lecturer in Arts & New Media (2010-2013), and Lecturer in Performance and Creative Technologies (2004-2010).
Between 2014 and 2020 I was the Artistic Director of Spazju Kreattiv, Malta’s national centre for creativity in Valletta. Similarly, I have worked as Education Programme Organiser with Wikimedia UK, a charity that supports Wikipedia and other open knowledge projects.
Areas of Research
Digital Humanities, Digital Curation, Media Archaeology, Digital Preservation, Open Knowledge, Performance Studies, Live Art
Areas of Supervision
Digital Curation
Digital Humanities
Digital Heritage
Qualifications
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Performance Studies
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MA in Performance Studies
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BA (Hons)