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Dr. Allie Martin is sitting in a chair on a stage discussing her soundscape composition in front of an audience at the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI)'s Summer Fuse 2024 event.

Dr. Allie Martin Samples Library Collections to Create Soundscapes of Black Life

Posted by: Olivia Dorsey

This blog post features an interview with Dr. Allie Martin, a 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Artist/Scholar-in-Residence about her project, "Sampling Black Life: Soundscape and Critical Intention." In the interview, Martin discusses her participation in the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival, the Library of Congress collections she is using in her work, and the significance of amplifying sonic Black life.