A Week in Mary Beard's Shoes
Over the last week social media feeds have been rife with comments about historian Mary Beard's controversial decision to 'come out' and write about her love of shoes for the Daily Mail (8th May 2013). With almost 3 years of research on the sociological significance of shoes now behind us the ITSF team felt compelled to contribute to the debate by responding to Turner’s attack.
'Master of pain' - A Podiatrist's Response
Head of Podiatry Service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Professor Wesley Vernon OBE, offers a clinical perspective on Claudia Croft’s recent Sunday Times interview with footwear designer Christian Louboutin.
Graduation shoes
Professor Jenny Hockey offers an anthropological perspective on graduation shoes and rites of passage.
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Museums & Archives
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Reading List
A list of recommended past and present academic texts on footwear.
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![Photograph of shoes on display in 1980s style mock shop front at the Bata Shoe Museum's 'Dressed to Impress' exhibition in Toronto © 2023 Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada (Photo: Margaret Mulligan)]()
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If the shoe fits:
FootweaR, Identity & Transition
The Footwear Research Network is an outcome of the ESRC-funded research project If the Shoe Fits: Footwear Identity and Transition at the University of Sheffield (2010-2013). Learn more about the project and research outputs here.
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The Footwear Research Network is an outcome of the ESRC-funded research project If the Shoe Fits: Footwear Identity and Transition at the University of Sheffield (2010-2013).
Learn more here
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Watch the ‘If the Shoe Fits’ documentary to learn more about the research project and the relationship between wearers and their shoes. Filmed and produced by Sheffield Vision.
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Learn more about the ‘If the Shoe Fits’ research team and board of advisors.
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Following the success of the original ITSF project, further funding was secured in 2015 for a follow-on project, ‘If the Shoe Fits: Enabling Patient-Centred Podiatry’.
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A number of papers and publications were produced directly from the ‘If the Shoe Fits’ research and in association with the project. Access the full list here.