Interview with Alaska Inupiaq artist Aisa Warden
Interview by Daniel Chartier
On Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, multidisciplinary artist and poet Aisa Warden (formerly also known as Allison Akootchook Warden), a member of the Iñupiaq community of Kaktovik in northern Alaska, was the guest of Professor Daniel Chartier at the International Laboratory for Research on Images of the North, Winter and the Arctic, at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Together, they conducted an interview in which they discussed the importance of the Iñupiaq language in the arts, poetry, rap, decolonial political approaches in Inuit and First Nations arts, and the challenges of identity for an Iñupiaq artist.
This interview between Iñupiaq artist Aisa Warden and Professor Daniel Chartier is part of the work of the UArctic Chair on Images, Perceptions and Mediations of the Arctic, the International Laboratory for Research on Images of the North, Winter and the Arctic, at the Université du Québec à Montréal (nord.uqam.ca) and the project to promote Inuit literature (inuit.uqam.ca/en) funded by the Canadian History Fund of Heritage Canada. This content was recorded by UQAM's Service audiovisuel production team.
Interview with Alaska Inupiaq artist Aisa Warden by Daniel Chartier