Susan Hyatt

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Invisible Indianapolis: Race, Heritage and Community Memory in the Circle City

Dr. Susan B. Hyatt has directed ethnographic research for a series of neighborhood-based studies on the eastside, near-Southside, and in the mid-north neighborhood of Mapleton-Fall Creek. The most prominent of these projects focused on the history of a multiethnic community on Indianapolis’ near southside that was largely erased in the 1970s by interstate highway construction.

Her current project, “Invisible Indianapolis,” undertaken jointly with Paul Mullins, will synthesize research that is currently scattered among several of Indianapolis’ neighborhoods to produce a single, coherent narrative of neighborhood connections and displacement. “Invisible Indianapolis” underscores the compelling stories of American life that remain unseen or misunderstood in our very midst; it is striving to develop public scholarship based on community interests; and it addresses how such histories can be reinvigorated to create new understandings of our past and shape a vision of our city’s collective future.

In 2010, the Indiana Campus Compact awarded Dr. Hyatt the Brian Hiltunen Award for the Outstanding Scholarship of Civic Engagement and in 2012 she received the Chancellor’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement. In 2016 she, along with her colleague Paul Mullins, were awarded the inaugural Charles R. Bantz Chancellor’s Community Fellowship for their project, “Invisible Indianapolis: Race, Heritage and Community Memory in the Circle City.”

Dr. Hyatt’s work to preserve the history of Indianapolis neighborhoods is another example of how IUPUI faculty are TRANSLATING RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE.

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    Transformative Learning for Our Students When They Go Behind Prison Walls
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2010-04-09) Jarjoura, Roger; Hyatt, Susan B.
    The Inside-Out Prison Exchange allows students and others outside of prison to go behind the walls to reconsider what they have learned about crime and justice, while those on the inside are encouraged to place their life experiences in a larger framework. In the groups’ discussions, countless life lessons and realizations surface about how we as human beings operate in the world, beyond the myths and stereotypes that imprison us all. The program demonstrates the potential for dynamic collaborations between institutions of higher learning and correctional institutions.
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    Research Partnerships: Undertaking and Understanding Collaborative Ethnography in Indianapolis
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2010-04-09) Hyatt, Susan B.; Branstrator, Daniel; Baurley, Margaret; Dagon, Molly; Yarian, Stephanie
    Students will present a range of collaborative research projects they have undertaken in consultation with neighborhood and community-based organizations in Indianapolis. They will address the benefits, challenges and limitations that collaborative research has posed for them, as ethnographers-in-training
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    Walking the Walk in Collaborative Fieldwork: Responses to Menzies, Butler, and Their Students
    (University of Nebraska Press, 2011) Hyatt, Susan B.; Madariaga, Marcela Castro; Baurley, Margaret; Dagon, Molly J.; Logan, Ryan; Waxingmoon, Anne; Plasterer, David
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    NAPTOWN RISES: HAS A SPORTS STRATEGY REAWAKENED A SLEEPING CITY?
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2012-04-13) Godanis, Stephen; Thang, Lian; Hyatt, Susan B.
    Downtown Indianapolis is witnessing a dramatic resurgence. For Indian-apolis, a chance to host the 2012 Super Bowl is not only an honor, but an opportunity to rebrand itself as a “big league city” with Midwestern charm. From the building of Lucas Oil Stadium, to the expansion of the existing con-vention center and the recently completed Georgia Street corridor, to subsi-dizing the building of a soaring hotel, Indianapolis has bent itself backwards to be ‘cool’ and ‘sporty.’ Few neighborhoods boast the development that has become common downtown. This dependency on sports as a means for eco-nomic development blurs the distinction between public and private space. For our research, we target the “mile-square” as ground-zero for analyzing and observing how a sport strategy has transformed the once called “India-no-place” to “Super City.” We collected a considerable amount of information through literature reviews, site visits, mapping (ArcGIS), field trips, and in-terviews. In this poster presentation, we study how the vernacular landscape of Indianapolis has changed due to the reliance on sports as an economic development strategy. We also discuss the role of public-private partner-ships in the making of downtown development as well as the development of districts to appeal to the new ‘creative’ class. We hope that our presentation will shed light on the complex relationship between recent events and down-town redevelopment.
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    SUPER BOWL CITY: THE REAL FACES OF XLVI UNMASKED
    (Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, 2012-04-13) Adamson, Samantha; Callahan, Oaksoon; Jolliffe, Amanda; Hyatt, Susan B.; Klacik, Drew
    111.3 million viewers watched as Indianapolis went from Naptown to Super City when they hosted the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI. As visitors poured into Indianapolis, they were greeted with the smiling faces of Hoosiers. Throughout the weeks preceding the Super Bowl Indianapolis residents worked together to bring the Super Bowl legacy to life. While the media focused on Lucas Oil stadium and the events in Super Bowl Village because it grabbed the attention of the public, the lives of unnoticed Indianapolis residents were impacted by their involvement with the mega sports event. To investigate the effects of the Super Bowl on Indianapolis and its residents, we interviewed residents who were involved with the Super Bowl through the areas of philanthropy, low-wage workers, and the residents of the Near-East Side. Data was collected through interviews, participant observations, ethnographic research methods, surveys, and resources collected from residents and organizations. Our project is an ongoing process and is a start to understanding the impact of large sporting events on Indianapolis and its residents.