Library of Congress: Dr. Allie Martin Connecting Communities Digital Initiative Artists/Scholars-in-Residence “Samples Library Collections to Create Soundscapes of Black Life”
From a LC Blog Post:
Dr. Allie Martin, an assistant professor of Music at Dartmouth College is one of CCDI’s 2024 Artists/Scholars-In-Residence. Martin is also an assistant professor for the Cluster for Digital Humanities and Social Engagement and serves as the director of the Black Sound Lab at Dartmouth College. She began her project, Sampling Black Life: Soundscapes and Critical Intention, in November 2023. Through her project, she samples Black life and sound by exploring Library collections with critical intention. Sampling is a technique utilized in hip-hop and reverberates across a range of musical genres. Martin uses sampling in her work to encourage critical reflection on the contents of the Library’s digital collections as well as imaginative uses of their sounds.
Learn More and Read an Interview with Dr. Martin
Direct to Black Sound Lab at Dartmouth College
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