Job title:
2023/24 ARC Fellow - Indigenous Poetics Lab
Bio/CV:
Sierra Edd (she / her) is a Diné writer and artist who grew up in Durango, Colorado. She is Tł’ógi, born for the Kinłichii’nii people. She is currently an Ethnic Studies doctoral student and resides in Ohlone Territory. Her research examines the political significance of listening, creating, and connecting through Indigenous music across various U.S. contexts. Recently, she has been collaborating and working on zine projects (“Portals of Indigenous Futurism Zine” and “Indigenous Collective Futures”).
Research interests:
Sierra Edd’s dissertation project addresses various Indigenous music artists and their practices and techniques to ask how musicking relates to Native identity, movement, and belonging across various backgrounds and territories.