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

29/10/2024

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 Far from being outdated and trivial folklore is, he says, ‘very much alive and thriving on social media’.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 & […]

Design Futures Packaging designed ‘Kids in Court’ game wins European award

05/02/2024

A research project and evidence-based board game designed to help prepare children for court through play has won the Crystal Scales of Justice Prize. The game has been designed with Design Futures Packaging. The game builds on research by Dr Marilena Kyriakidou, a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University (SHU), and has been developed with the Design […]

Do You Want To believe? – Talking about Legend, UFOs and the X Files

13/12/2023

SHU academics entertained a large public audience with their analysis of the folklore, legend, and popular culture surrounding the X-Files, as part of the recent Off-The-Shelf Festival. The talk, entitled ‘The Art of the X-Files,’ had to be postponed due to extreme rain and flooding on the original date (was this perhaps the work of the Men In Black?), nevertheless, […]

Soil Séance Sessions: Season 1 – Update from Michelle Atherton

09/11/2023

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The Soil Séance Sessions by Michelle Atherton has just completed its first season. The Sessions invite individuals to spend time listening to the soil at a site of their choosing. To turn their auditory perception downwards, by using an acoustic device as a portal to the underworld. An offer to transduce, to turn one form of energy into another by way of […]

Phil Waterworth Researcher blog: The Flâneur Part 3

23/08/2023

Image shows Phil Waterworth in his wheelchair in Sheffield City Centre

In this final part of the Researcher blog, Phil Waterworth, The Disabled Flâneur and Fine Art PhD candidate, completes his odyssey across Sheffield city centre as part of a film project with filmmaker Dorothy Allen Pickard and support worker Joe. In this final part, the journey continues through The Moor to Cumberland Street. Part Three << Back to Part One […]

Phil Waterworth Researcher blog: The Flâneur Part 2

16/08/2023

Phil Waterworth, The Disabled Flâneur and Fine Art PhD candidate, continues his odyssey across Sheffield city centre as part of a film project with filmmaker Dorothy Allen Pickard and support worker Joe. In this second part, the journey continues from the High Street to the Peace Gardens on Pinstone Street. Part Two << Back to Part One >> Ahead to […]

Archival collaboration: a two-day international conference on heritage, community, and archives – A Blog post by convener Dr James Fenwick

14/08/2023

Banner - Heritage, Community, Archives: Methods, Case Studies, Collaboration Sheffield Hallam University Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th June 2023 Image: Wiki Commons – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

Archival collaboration: a two-day international conference on heritage, community, and archives On the 12th and 13th June 2023, a two-day conference was convened at Sheffield Hallam University that brought together researchers and archivists from across the world. Titled Heritage, Community, Archives: Methods, Case Studies, Collaboration, the conference sought to initiate collaborations between researchers and archivists and to bridge the gap […]

Phil Waterworth Researcher blog: The Flâneur Part 1

09/08/2023

Phil Waterworth is a practice based PhD candidate in Fine Art, whose PhD research explores ‘disabled flânerie’. This blog post series describes the process of Phil, with his support worker, Joe, undertaking an odyssey across Sheffield city centre as part of a film project. In this first part, the journey begins as we head to the Institute of Art at […]

Perspectives on Contemporary Legend 2023 – A summary of the 40th anniversary conference of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research (ISCLR)

06/07/2023

Written by Dr Diane A Rodgers During 26-30 June 2023, this prestigious event was held at Sheffield Hallam University, hosted by the Centre for Contemporary Legend (CCL) in the Dorothy Fleming lecture theatre, Charles Street. Dr David Clarke, Andrew Robinson and myself, Dr Diane Rodgers, co-founders of the CCL, were privileged to welcome ISCLR to Sheffield where the very first […]

Researcher blog: Introducing Anna Santomauro

05/05/2023

Cochineal insects are collected from a prickly pear cactus pad in the village of Ein Qinya outside of Ramallah in Palestine, on February 10, 2023. Photographed by Al-Wah’at Collective.

In the second of a series of blog posts introducing some newer members of research staff, we meet Anna Santomauro to find out about her new role, how she hopes to work with research staff, and some current projects. Anna is a Senior Research Fellow in the Culture & Creativity Research Institute (CCRI) where her role is to create bridges […]

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