Author Archives: Alexandra

We have moved!

Posted on June 5, 2017

Welcome to the relocated project blog for the ‘If the Shoe Fits’ research project. As you may be aware, this blog was originally attached to a large ESRC-funded project entitled ‘If the Shoe Fits: Footwear, Identity and Transition’ in the … Continue reading →

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High Heels – Power or Patriarchy?

Posted on August 1, 2013

By Emily Nicholls On Wednesday 17 July, I dragged myself out of bed at some ungodly hour to slip on my sandals and head down to Sheffield for the Dressed Bodies Symposium and – despite the early start! – it … Continue reading →

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Dressed Bodies Symposium

Posted on July 31, 2013

By Jenny Hockey The ‘If the Shoe Fits’ project team hosted a one-day symposium at Sheffield University on 17th July 2013 – after serious difficulty choosing between many inspiring abstracts. In the end we had to go for a long … Continue reading →

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Toeing the Line: A sequence of video stories on the theme of travelling a path

Posted on July 29, 2013

by Fiona Candy 2013 In February 2013 I visited India with a group of other artists and designers undertaking research in relation to cotton and textile crafts. We wondered if the ancient handcraft tradition would show us the way to … Continue reading →

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Call for focus group participants – do you wear Clarks Originals?

Posted on July 10, 2013

The ‘If the Shoe Fits’ project in the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield is now approaching its end, however there is still time to participate in the research. Alex Sherlock the postgraduate researcher on the project … Continue reading →

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Dressed Bodies: A Symposium – registration now open

Posted on June 17, 2013

17th July 2013, Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences, University of Sheffield. 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 … Continue reading →

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Shoes as material expressions of a designer’s self

Posted on May 31, 2013

by Naomi Braithwaite Having completed a twenty month long ethnography that explored and observed the creative practice of a number of contemporary British based luxury shoe designers, it became significantly apparent that the designed shoes were not solely commercial, aesthetic … Continue reading →

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