Professor Tia Tidwell featured on new podcast, The Alaska Myth

Suzi Tanski
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Nov. 9, 2023

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Tia Tidwell, assistant professor of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development at UAF.

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

In this episode, they discuss settler myths, get real about "the real Alaskan," and learn how the 19th century myth of the frontier came to define Alaska's identity.

Tia is also featured in the bonus first episode, Settler Fantasies, Law & Logic with Tia Tidwell, sharing an extended dialogue about her research on settler fantasies.

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

Listen to the first episode on Apple Podcasts and for more information, visit us at www.thealaskamyth.com

Tia Tidwell belongs to the Nunamiut people of Anaktuvuk Pass and currently resides on the lands of the Lower Tanana and Dené 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.