Diana Chester

Dr Diana Chester is a digital media scholar, multimedia artist, composer, and educator. Her work draws from sound studies, archival studies, and the ethnographic study of expressive culture in religious festivals and traditions. Her current scholarly research includes three primary strands, the study of sound and culture focused on religion and the environment, the audio essay as a form of sonic scholarship and pedagogical innovation, and new artistic research methodologies and practices at the intersection of spacialised media technologies, AI, and scientific research. Diana is a Lecturer in Media and Communications in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at University of Sydney.