2022 Urban Anthropology Projects
Environmental Inequalities on the Old Southside
The Impact of Metalworking Lubricants on Air Quality for Residents
by: Ben Clark
"A truck comes in and now you have to get it from the truck to a storage tank to hold it until you are ready for a batch treatment to clean out the water and then the metals... If there are gases in the in the oil that comes from the customer. Those gases could be released into the atmosphere..."--scientist interested in air quality on the Old Southside
Gentrification and Public Art Initiatives
A Video Documentary by Emily Howson
Audio: interviews with Julia Muney Moore of Indy Arts Council and Michael Taft of 1820 Ventures (conducted during March and April 2022) as well as supplemental narratives from historic Southside resident Beatrice Miller (aka Miz Pete), IUPUI Professor of Anthropology Susan Hyatt, and other Southside community members (narratives recorded by Dean Peterson during March 2022 Southside bus tour)
The Changing Food Landscape
of the Old Southside
The Old Southside Neighborhood has experienced a changing food system, one that was accelerated by the construction of the I-70 interstate that split the neighborhood in two and created a mass exodus of residents who once lived, worked, and shopped in the area. To best understand the changes in the food landscape, students Falen Pope and Laura Dodds created a series of maps highlighting the food system before and after the construction of the highway.
Old Southside Podcast
by: Samantha Riley and Megan Meadows
Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
by: Adrian Keith and Lauren Palmer