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News from CCRI researchers and their projects

National Folklore Survey (#NFS) – Dr David Clarke on the exciting new project that provide insights into beliefs, customs and traditions in contemporary England

In Charlie Cooper’s new series Myth Country (streaming on BBC I-player) the actor and writer reveals his passion for folklore and how the peculiar rituals and traditions of this country ‘bring people together’. Far from being outdated and trivial folklore is, he says, ‘very much alive and thriving on social media’. The National Folklore Survey funded by UKRI Arts & […]

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Clash Magazine Live Report: No Bounds Festival 2024

No Bounds Festival 2024 has received a review in Clash magazine with comments from Amy Carter Gordon, curator, producer and public art specialist. Amy is a co-curator at No Bounds Festival and has twenty-five years of experience in curating exhibitions, installations, dialogues and collaborations for leading UK research-based festivals.   Amy says: “There’s such a strong community within subcultures, I didn’t […]

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‘In multicultural Britain, local folklore is just as important as ever’ – The Centre for Contemporary Legend at Sheffield Hallam University to conduct the UKRI-funded National Folklore Survey.

‘Robin Hood, Morris dances and UFOs: English folklore survey gets post-Brexit reboot. A fresh look at cultural identity will follow outline of 60-year-old Survey of Language and Folklore, conducted by two academics driving a red Mini’ As seen in The Guardian. The Centre for Contemporary Legend at Sheffield Hallam University, is to conduct the UKRI-funded National Folklore Survey, to discover […]

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Cradle of Fire: Website launch for exciting collaborative project on Vulcan and Steelmaking

Banner Cradle of Fire logo - Image copyright Cradle of Fire, courtesy of Carolyn Waudby

Journalism lecturer and poet Carolyn Waudby is part of a collaborative team that has launched a website documenting their research project Cradle of Fire https://cradleoffire.com The venture is a multimedia exploration of the story of Vulcan, which has received a Lottery- funded Arts Council grant. Carolyn is writing a sequence of poems using the mythology of the Roman god of […]

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Star Nhà Ease: Dust & Metal + Q&A – Showroom Workstation, Friday 26 July

Still from Dust & Metal by Esther Johnson

Dust & Metal is a creative documentary feature film combining archive film, newly shot footage and contemporary music, bringing unfamiliar stories of Vietnam past and present to the screen for the first time. Stepping away from Hollywood’s portrayals of the American/Vietnam War, Dust & Metal offers an unorthodox perspective of Vietnam told through the lens of the country’s ubiquitous mode of transport: […]

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Climate research combines with arts – Dr Tom Payne exhibition at the Crucible

Dr Tom Payne, senior lecturer in performance studies, has launched a new programme of climate-focused research, performance and exhibition this month at the Crucible Theatre. Storm-Cloud will be a series of performances, creative works, and dialogue events combining climate research with art, inspired by John Ruskin. Tom was featured in BBC Online, the Yorkshire Post and BBC Radio Sheffield (listen back from […]

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No Bounds Festival 2024 – “Entanglement, commons and cultural mycelium”, a Blog by Amy Carter Gordon

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Curator and Innovation Manager, Amy Carter Gordon, Culture and Creativity Research Institute, shares the value of collaborating with No Bounds independent festival in Sheffield in order to engage audiences in practice-based cultural research and innovation in non-traditional venues across the city from neighbourhood social enterprises to an artist studio basement. Entanglement, commons and cultural mycelium For my curated strand of […]

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Dr Matthew Roberts’ research brings Sheffield’s Chartist heroines to Central Library

Professor’s inspiring exhibition remains on display at Central Library There is still time to visit an inspiring exhibition celebrating the achievements of Chartists from the Sheffield Women’s Rights Association, which is on display at Sheffield Central Library. Curated by Dr Matthew Roberts, Associate Professor in History in the Department of Humanities, and Denise Annett, former Hallam employee, the exhibition is […]

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