Martin, Allie - Intersectional Listening

First book to explore what gentrification sounds like in Washington, DC
• Draws on an innovative combination of methodologies, including interviews, soundwalks, acoustic recording, and machine learning
• Engages Black life in Washington, DC from a number of perspectives, from go-go music to noise legislation

What does gentrification sound like? In Intersectional Listening, author Allie Martin engages this question in Washington, DC, asking how Black people experience gentrification as a sonic, racialized process. Drawing from music, interviews, soundscape recordings, and more, Martin argues that gentrification ultimately serves to silence some voices and amplify others.