“A Culture Carried: Chin Basketry in Central Indiana”: Five Questions for Exhibition Curator Jon Kay

Abstract

Working with IU Bloomington folklore studies doctoral student and MCHSL affiliate Touhidul Islam as co-curator and in partnership with colleagues, collaborators and tradition bearers in the Central Indiana Chin community, Jon Kay organized the exhibition “A Culture Carried: Chin Basketry in Central Indiana." It was presented at the Gayle Karch Cook Center at Indiana University Bloomington between August 26 and October 4, 2024. The following interview was undertaken by Jason Baird Jackson, with Jon Kay, between August 24 and 30, 2024. It was initially published as follows:

Kay, Jon, and Jason Baird Jackson. 2024. “‘A Culture Carried: Chin Basketry in Central Indiana’: Five Questions for Exhibition Curator Jon Kay.” Shreds and Patches (blog). August 30, 2024. https://jasonbairdjackson.com/2024/08/30/a-culture-carried-chin-basketry-in-central-indiana-five-questions-for-exhibition-curator-jon-kay/.

In order to make this interview durably available, it is being added to the Published Works and White Papers series of the Material Culture and Heritage Studies Laboratory of the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University. It is deposited in IUScholarWorks with the consent of the author.