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.