Terms and Conditions
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Project Information
Research project: Indy Toxic Heritage: Pollution, Place, and Power
Research investigators: Elizabeth (Liz) Kryder-Reid and Laura Holzman
Activity: We are inviting you to share your story of experience with environmental damage (including social and physical harm from industrial waste, climate change, pollution, etc.) and/or advocacy for environmental justice in Indianapolis. Your contribution may be written, verbal (recorded), or visual.
Time: The length of time will be dependent on what you are submitting and how long it takes you to create it, but filling out the information and uploading it should take 5 minutes.
Risk: The risks associated with your participation in this storytelling project are the potential emotional discomfort of recalling distressing or unpleasant experiences and the risk for loss of confidentiality if you choose to remain anonymous.
How your story will be used:
- Your story will become part of a collection of stories about toxic heritage in Indianapolis shared in this digital archive.
- Your story may be shared publicly (in whole or in excerpts) as part of an exhibit, public program, and/or other publications and presentations.
- Your story will be stored in the digital format in which it is submitted (jpeg, pdf, audio file) on the OMEKA site managed by the IU Indianapolis University Library.
- We cannot guarantee that your story will be saved beyond the duration of this project, but we anticipate curating this project for the next 5 years at minimum.
How you’ll be identified: You may choose to how you want your name associated with your story.
- You may choose to have your name publicly associated with your story.
- You may choose to remain anonymous in public, but your name will be associated with the story in our research project records accessed only by the research project team.
Right to withdraw: Your participation is voluntary. After you have submitted your story, you may with withdraw your contribution until January 15, 2025. Contact the research team to make a request.
Questions and Contact Information: Questions? Please contact the research team. If you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research participant, you can call the IU Human Research Protection Program office at 800-696-2949 or irb@iu.edu.
Research Team Contact Information
Elizabeth Kryder-Reid
Cavanaugh 431
425 University Blvd. Indianapolis, 46202
Tel: 317-274-1406
E-mail: ekryderr@iu.edu
Laura Holzman
735 W New York St. Indianapolis, 46202
Tel: 317.278.9415
E-mail: HolzmanL@iu.edu