{"id":19,"date":"2021-02-22T14:25:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2021-02-22T14:35:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:35:28","slug":"changing-gears","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bsu.edu\/middletownstudies\/home\/research-and-reports\/changing-gears\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing Gears"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Changing Gears<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/02\/22142722\/Changing-Gears-image-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/02\/22142722\/Changing-Gears-image-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/bsu-wpe-sites.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/02\/22142722\/Changing-Gears-image.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From 2009-2011,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Ball State\u2019s Institute for Digital Education and Entertainment and the Center for Middletown Studies jointly produced\u202f<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Changing Gears<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, a feature-length documentary film about the 2009 closing of Muncie\u2019s century-old Warner Gear auto parts plant and the loss of industry in the city.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The project was funded in part with a grant from Ball State\u2019s Office of the Provost.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Conceived as a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0bookend\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to the investigation of work and community in Robert and Helen Lynd\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">original\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Middletown<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0(1929),\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">the film explores the meaning and significance of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">industrial decline in Muncie<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0by examining the experiences of the plant\u2019s workers<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, the fate of their union, and the closing\u2019s impact on the community.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fifteen students participated in the filming, editing, writing, and historical research connected with the film<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0as part of an immersive learning experience.\u00a0 Their work produced both a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IjNn7Znl-s4\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">film<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, which aired on PBS stations throughout the United States<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and a digital\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dmr.bsu.edu\/digital\/collection\/ChngGrsDoc\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">archive<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0documenting the history of the plant and the experiences of the men and women who worked there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing Gears\u00a0 From 2009-2011,\u00a0Ball State\u2019s Institute for Digital Education and Entertainment and the Center for Middletown Studies jointly produced\u202fChanging Gears, a feature-length documentary film about the 2009 closing of Muncie\u2019s century-old Warner Gear auto parts plant and the loss of industry in the city.\u00a0The project was funded in part with a grant from Ball State\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":934,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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