Indianapolis, IN. 2023-ongoing.
Indy Toxic Heritage is a collaborative project of Indiana University Indianapolis professors Laura Holzman and Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Indy Parks and Recreation, Kheprw Institute, and community-based scholar/activist Kay Hawthorne. We’re blending storytelling and historical research to create an exhibit and public conversations that recognize environmental damage and advocacy for justice as part of Indianapolis’s citywide heritage.
Community stories and experiences are at the heart of our work. To support that, we’ve created the Indy Toxic Heritage community archive: a crowd-sourced digital repository intended to help document and amplify the perspectives of people living in affected communities so that we can move toward more sustainable and just futures.
The Indy Toxic Heritage traveling exhibit is scheduled to open at Indy Parks locations in Summer 2024.
Read more about our work.
The Indy Toxic Heritage project team includes Aghilah Nadaraj, Ben Clark, Elizabeth Kryder-Reid, Kavita Mahoney, Kay Hawthorne, Laura Holzman, and Terra McFarland, with funding from the IUPUI Center for Translating Research into Practice Charles R. Bantz Community Fellowship Award and Indiana Humanities.