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Posted by: Michelle Stefano
This post is an interview with American Folklife Center staff who are instrumental in the preservation of Community Collections Grant project collections, as part of the wider Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.
Posted in: Community Collections grants, digital collections, digital futures
Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
CCDI's 2024 Artists/Scholars in Residence, Maya Freelon and Dr. Allie Martin, participated in a panel discussion and led workshops at the 22nd Annual Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival.
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, events, research
Posted by: Michelle Stefano
American Folklife Center's (AFC) Nancy Groce announces a new AFC archival collection, the Warp and Weft of Yap’s Outer Islands: Backstrap Weaving in Micronesia, as supported through the AFC's Community Collections Grant program of the Library of Congress Of the People: Widening the Path initiative.
Posted in: Community Collections grants, digital collections, library resources
Posted by: Isabel Brador
On June 24, the Library of Congress hosted the Connecting Communities Digital Initiative’s (CCDI) Summer Fuse event! A recording of the program is now available in two parts: CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 1 and CCDI 2024 Summer Fuse Part 2. The hybrid event celebrated CCDI’s 2024 Awardees and brought together the awardee’s project teams, …
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, events, research
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.
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, events, library resources, research
Posted by: Olivia Dorsey
Maya Freelon, CCDI Artist/Scholar-in-Residence, shares her experience researching in the Library's collections for her project, Whippersnappers: Recapturing, Reviewing, and Reimagining the Lives of Enslaved Children in the United States.
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, events, library resources, research
Posted by: Isabel Brador
University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) is one of CCDI’s 2024 Higher Education awardees. The team began their project in December 2023 and will be presenting at the CCDI’s upcoming Summer Fuse 2024 event in Washington, D.C. UHD is receiving $69,084.67 for their project, “Discovering Afro-Latino Heritage: A Reflective StoryMap Project to Enhance Student Belongingness and Learning.” Through …
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, research
Posted by: Isabel Brador
The Connecting Communities Digital Initiative (CCDI) team interviewed Angelo State University (ASU), one of CCDI's 2024 Higher Education recipients. This post offers details about their project, "All History is Local: Celebrating the People of West Texas."
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, research
Posted by: Marya McQuirter
Maya Cade, CCDI Scholar-in-Residence at the Library of Congress, lectures on tenderness in Black film and unveils her updated website, Black Film Archive.
Posted in: CCDI, Connecting Communities Digital Initiative, digital collections, events, library resources, research