My Name is Blur. I'm a City Doctor. John West's story as written by Aimee Robertson-West
My Name is Blur. I have Antenna. I am a City Doctor.
We are asking folks in Muncie about their lives and places 100 years into Muncie's identity as Middletown, USA
We ask:
When someone asks about life in Muncie, what do you tell them?
What is a good life in your place?
What allows you to live this life? What is standing in your way?
What are the questions that will help researchers understand you and your community?
What images would you use to represent life in Muncie?
What do you want to see this project produce?
What do you wish people knew about Muncie, but don’t?
What do you think, hope, or worry about happening to Muncie, 100 years from now?
Go on the record.
Answer any one of these Muncie prompts (or as many as you would like) in a blog post about life in Muncie from where you stand, today.
We'll share, in your own words.
For former Muncie residents who've moved away:
What do you miss the most about Muncie?
And/or... What don't you miss?
Do you have your own questions?
Contact our editor- Aimee Robertson-West or submit story idea to facingmiddletown@facingproject.com
Thanks!
4 Aug 2026 11:59
My Name is Blur. I have Antenna. I am a City Doctor.
4 Aug 2026 11:45
Standing up, Standing Beside
4 Aug 2026 11:20
Annemarie Voss's story, as written by Aimee Robertson-West
22 Dec 2025 11:09
Editor's note: Facing Middletown, the documentary and the book which are both underway, explores life in Muncie, Indiana in 2025, as representative city Middletown, USA as a 100-year mile marker of the Middletown Studies.
5 Nov 2025 09:41
Middletown researchers Dwight Hoover (left) and John Dewitt (right) in 1987.
31 Oct 2025 16:04
Thomas Green's story, as told to Aimee Robertson-West
10 Sept 2025 17:16
Facing Middletown is Muncie's chance to write our own story.
22 Aug 2025 16:17
Muncie, Indiana
7 Jul 2025 14:44
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28 Jun 2025 17:14
Aimee Robertson-West
13 Jun 2025 14:39
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