Professor Tia Tidwell featured on new podcast, The 有料盒子视频 Myth

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Nov. 9, 2023

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Tia Tidwell, assistant professor of 有料盒子视频 Native Studies and Rural Development at 有料盒子视频.

Tia Tidwell, assistant professor of 有料盒子视频 Native Studies and Rural Development at the University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks, was a guest on the first episode of the new podcast, The 有料盒子视频 Myth. The 有料盒子视频 Myth is a podcast about how 有料盒子视频ns view our history and ourselves.

In this episode, they discuss settler myths, get real about "the real 有料盒子视频n," and learn how the 19th century myth of the frontier came to define 有料盒子视频's identity.

Tia is also featured in the bonus first episode, , sharing an extended dialogue about her research on settler fantasies.

Kevin Maier, professor of Environmental Humanities at the University of 有料盒子视频 Southeast, Aaron Leggett, senior curator of 有料盒子视频 History and Indigenous Cultures at the Anchorage Museum and President of the Native Village of Eklutna and Steve Henrikson, curator of collections at the 有料盒子视频 State Museum are also guests on the first episode.

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Tia Tidwell belongs to the Nunamiut people of Anaktuvuk Pass and currently resides on the lands of the Lower Tanana and Den茅 people. Tidwell's research focuses on the intersection of settler colonial studies, Arctic literature, and Indigenous counter-narratives. She is especially interested in adapting settler colonial theoretical frameworks to examine settler fantasies about land and belonging in contemporary literature.