Research Storytelling - Tales From the Ivory Tower
Research Storytelling - Tales From the Ivory Tower
Research is full of stories, but academics don’t always get the chance to pull out these specific encounters, tales or happenings from their research. Tales from the Ivory Tower is a public engagement project which began in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Sheffield and was subsequently rolled out as a cross- faculty opportunity for researchers to take part in the Festival of the Mind. Researchers worked with professional storyteller Tim Ralphs in workshops on the nature and craft of storytelling; hearing Tim tell a tale, discussing techniques of storytelling and their research before going away to craft their own tale. In a second workshop session, Tim heard the stories and supported researchers to hone their work for public performance. The stories that you’ll watch come from a variety of subject areas but all present compelling and fascinating tales of research, giving their audience an insight into the work that they do. Performances were filmed live at the Festival of the Mind in September 2014.
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From Laila Simnett
Dr Jane Hodson and storyteller Tim Ralphs explain to us how the Tales From The Ivory Tower project has helped PhD students and academics alike learn to harness their… -
From Laila Simnett
Join archaeologist Rachel Askew for a tale of Civil War shenanigans where Parliamentarians and Scottish mercenaries lay siege to the loyalist town of Newark, and enlist… -
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From Laila Simnett
An impossible garden from the 18th Century grows in the middle of Sheffield in 2014 - but why? Adam J Smith tells us in this fascinating story of homegrown medicines and… -
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