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.
Graduation shoes
Professor Jenny Hockey offers an anthropological perspective on graduation shoes and rites of passage.
'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.
'Sole Sisters' Article in Local Sheffield Newspaper
Members of the research team were interviewed and photographed by reporters from The Star, Sheffield's daily newspaper.
Review: 'Shoes' the Musical
Alex Sherlock reviews ‘Shoes: The Musical’, a Sadler’s Wells production written by Richard Thomas and directed by Stephen Mear.