Parastoo Anoushahpour
Heidi Aklaseaq Senungetuk | |
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| Born | Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bachelor's of Music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Master's of Music in Performance from the University of Michigan School of Music, PhD in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University |
| Known for | Musician, educator |
Heidi Aklaseaq Senungetuk (/səˈnʌŋɡɛtˌʌk/ sə-NUNG-ɡet-uk)[1] is an Inupiaq scholar of ethnomusicology and a musician. She is the daughter of Ronald Senungetuk and Turid Senungetuk and granddaughter of Helen and Willie Senungetuk, and her family roots originate from Wales (Kiŋigin), Alaska. Senungetuk spent her childhood in Fairbanks, where her father founded the Native Art Center and acted as head of the Department of Art at the University of Alaska.[2][3]
Senungetuk graduated from Wesleyan University with a doctorate in ethnomusicology. Her research interests include Indigenous peoples practicing and performing music and dance in urban areas throughout the Arctic.[4]
- ^ "Art Installation/Performance: "Qutaanuaqtuit: Dripping Music": Indigenizing Music Performance". YouTube. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Shareholder Spotlight: Dr. Heidi Aklaseaq Senungetuk". Bering Straights Native Corporation. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "Heidi Aklaseaq Senungetuk". Kamloops Art Gallery. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Tamaani Ituinaatut - We Are Still Here: Indigenous Musics of the Arctic". Dartmouth Department of Native American and Indigenous Studies. Retrieved 30 December 2022.