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A photo of Janiya Peters, a 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Junior Fellow.

2024 CCDI Junior Fellow Janiya Peters Uses Audio to Explore the Cotton Gin as a Technological Artifact

Posted by: Olivia Dorsey

In this guest post, Janiya Peters, a Summer 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) Junior Fellow, describes the process behind creating her project, "The Gin in Motion: Examining the Cotton Gin Through Sound and Narrative."

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.

A promotional graphic including photos to represent the projects of the the 2024 CCDI Higher Education and Libraries, Archives, Museums awardees, Trustees of Indiana University, Angelo State University, University of Houston-Downtown, Hoboken Public Library, Friends of Tijeras Pueblo, and DC Public Library.

Meet the 2024 Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Higher Education and Libraries, Archives, Museums Recipients

Posted by: Olivia Dorsey

Angelo State University, Trustees of Indiana University, and University of Houston-Downtown are the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative's 2024 Higher Education award recipients. DC Public Library, Hoboken Public Library, and Friends of Tijeras Pueblo are the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative's 2024 Libraries, Archives, Museums award recipients.