Dr. Mark David Turner writes, makes music, and works with documentary heritage in the Northwest Atlantic and Circumpolar North. He is a settler from St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador and regularly serves as the manager of audio-visual archives and media literacy for the OKâlaKatiget Society. Mark is also an Adjunct Professor of Music at Memorial University’s School of Music. In 2021, he co-founded the Northern-focused consultancy and publisher Brack and Brine.
Mark leverages his different roles in the service of community-focused arts and heritage projects like Uncommon Bonds: Labrador Inuit and Moravian Missionaries. As a musician, he is a strong advocate for the revived Labrador Inuit Brass Band tradition. He has helped to facilitate several workshops, co-produced the Nain Brass Band’s self-titles album (2017), and performed on and produced Imgiguset (2016), with the late Nain tenor Karrie Obed. Mark also remains an active performer and producer in rock and contemporary classical genres.
Mark’s written work has appeared in academic and popular publications in Canada, the United States and Switzerland. Recent books include the edited collection, Inuit TakugatsaliuKatiget | On Inuit Cinema (Memorial University Press, 2022), and Labrador Cinema, co-authored with Morgen Mills (Brack and Brine, 2022). He also writes about music, film, and archives in publications like Inuit Art Quarterly, Newfoundland Quarterly, Labrador Life, and Them Days.
You can learn more about his work on his website.