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2025 Asha S. Burtin
12025-04-14T19:33:36+00:00Carlin Liu Ziaf35c69e953cd4001ddc41bd48e720246e1701a0841plain2025-04-14T19:33:36+00:00Carlin Liu Ziaf35c69e953cd4001ddc41bd48e720246e1701a08Asha S. Burtin is an oral historian, singer-songwriter, and producer. In undergrad, she majored in music production with a double minor in African American studies as well as gender and sexuality studies at Rider University. During her time in undergrad she took advantage of opportunities to shed light on the plight of Black American people, specifically Black women, such as being a recurring panelist at her university’s events surrounding gender, culture, sexuality and race.When it came time to pick something to focus on for her thesis project at OHMA, she knew that she wanted to create an oral history project that fused all of her interests, music/music history, Blackness, and gender studies.
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1media/ThesisPromoPic.Burtin+copy.jpgmedia/ThesisPromoPic.Burtin copy.pngmedia/ThesisPromoPic.Burtin+copy.jpg2025-04-14T19:34:42+00:00Black DJ Renaissance: An Oral History of Black Women DJs; DJing as Storytelling and Art Practice (2025)15Beyond the Music: An Oral History of Black Women DJs is an oral history project centered around women, Blackness, community and more, with an interactive website featuring podcasts, zines and videos.plain2025-04-21T17:34:31+00:00Asha Burtin
By Asha S. Burtin
Black DJ Renaissance: An Oral History of Black Women DJs; DJing as Storytelling and Art Practice is a thesis project by Asha S. Burtin in which she spoke to various Black women who are DJs from all over the United States. This project is meant to demonstrate the importance of listening, and that Djing is more than just pressing buttons to play music. It is an art practice that involves not only the DJs themselves, but also the musical and personal histories that they draw on to perform.
