Biography
Janice Esther Tulk is a SSRHC postdoctoral fellow at Cape Breton University. Her current research revolves around Mi’kmaw musical expressions and their relationship to the soundscape of Mi’kma’ki. Tulk’s doctoral dissertation, titled “Our Strength is Ourselves”: Status, Identity, and Cultural Revitalization Among the Mi’kmaq in Newfoundland (Memorial University, 2008) explores the way in which contemporary music-making practices such as powwow are localized to express both Mi’kmaw identity and First Nations identity more broadly. Her other research interests include Newfoundland soundscapes, the representation of Indigenous culture in animated films, and exoticism in Western opera. She spends her free time pursuing interests in photography, as well as flamenco, ballroom, and Latin dance. Tulk has published in Newfoundland & Labrador Studies, the Canadian Journal for Traditional Music, and Culture & Tradition. She is the producer of Welta’q – “It Sounds Good”: Historic Recordings of the Mi’kmaq (CD).