Reflections: Global Footwear Future Coalition Launch – London, 9th October 2024
Nearly a week after the launch of the Global Footwear Future Coalition at Havas Village in London's Kings Cross, founding member Alexandra Sherlock reflects on key themes and takeaways for the Footwear Research Network.
'Making Presence Felt': a project from the archive
Artist Fiona Candy investigates the spatial movement and energy of the city through material and audio exhibits centred on contact between the foot and ground, where many believe we are the most fundamentally in touch with our surroundings. Footwear captured in action- being worn.
Dressed Bodies: A Symposium - registration now open
To mark the end of the three-year research project If the Shoe Fits: Footwear, Identity and Transition, funded by the ESRC, we are hosting an interdisciplinary symposium in conjunction with the Centre for Gender Research.
Festival of the Mind - Researchers' Night
A selection of shoe stories collected at the ‘If the Shoe Fits’ exhibition, part of the Festival of the Mind, at the University of Sheffield.
Putting shoes on show
A review of the exhibition process. Exhibiting research for the ESRC-funded If the Shoe Fits research project at ICOSS, University of Sheffield, 5th December 2011 – 3rd January 2012