Standing In This Place

A sculpture and heritage project

Standing In This Place brings together art, history, ancestry and community to explore the connections between women whose lives were shaped by the transatlantic cotton industry.

Created by sculptor Rachel Carter in collaboration with the Legacy Makers, the project grew from research into the women who worked in the East Midlands textile industry and the enslaved women whose labour produced the cotton on which that industry depended.

The sculpture brings these connected histories together through research, collaboration and making.

This website preserves the story of the project — its people, research, making, films and learning resources.