Intersectional Listening, 9780197671573
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Gentrification’s sound silences some voices, amplifying others: a Black experience.
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Intersectional Listening

gentrification and black sonic life in washington, dc

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    248 pages

  • Release Date

    22 June 2025

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Summary

Intersectional Listening: Hearing Gentrification in Black DC

Gentrification is often viewed through visuals, observing development and neighborhood changes. But what does gentrification sound like? In Intersectional Listening, Allie Martin explores this question in Washington, DC, revealing how Black people experience gentrification as a sonic, racialized process.

Drawing on music, interviews, soundscape recordings, and more, Martin argues that gentrification silenc…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780197671573
ISBN-10:0197671578
Author:Allie Martin
Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:Oxford University Press Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:248
Release Date:22 June 2025
Weight:336g
Dimensions:234mm x 161mm x 18mm
About The Author

Allie Martin

Allie Martin is an ethnomusicologist and artist from Prince George’s County, Maryland. She is currently an assistant professor at Dartmouth College in the Music Department and the Cluster for Digital Humanities and Social Engagement. Her work is attuned to questions of race, sound, and power. Martin is the director of the Black Sound Lab at Dartmouth College, a research environment dedicated to amplifying Black life and decriminalizing Black sound through digital practice.

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