Concealed Shoes revealed
Senior Shoe Curator Rebecca Shawcross explores the significance and mysteries of the Northampton Museum’s concealed shoe collection.
Review: The Futures Archive ‘The Shoe’ (S1/E10)
For many, shoes are considered a luxury and their study… frivolous. The insights shared in The Futures Archive’s recent podcast ‘The Shoe’ highlight the often critical importance shoes play in processes of being and becoming.
Toeing the Line:
A sequence of video stories on the theme of travelling a path.
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.
If the Shoe Fits, If the Dog Fetches
Professor Kath Woodward reflects on the powerful capacity of shoes to connect us with others, past and present, human and non-human.
'Walking in My Shoes'
Jenny Hockey reviews the Cuming Museum’s exhibition of historic and contemporary shoes to consider identity and the way what is worn on the feet speaks to the mobilities evoked, both literally and metaphorically.
Red peep-toes and Italian heels
Jenny Hockey reflects on her own shoe stories and the inspiration behind the 3-year ESRC-funded research project ‘If the Shoe Fits: Footwear, Identity and Transition’ at the University of Sheffield (2010-2013).
Red Shoe Stories
Personal Performance Coach and NLP Practitioner Kay Gill reflects on the capacity of red shoes to empower their wearers.
My Shoe Story
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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.