Alexandra Sherlock
Academic research and reflections - fashion, footwear and materiality.
'It's kind of where the shoe gets you to I suppose': Materializing Identity with Footwear
Open source article in the ‘Materiality’ issue of Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty, edited by Sophie Woodward and Tom Fisher, published by Intellect.
Publication: 'Larger than Life: Digital Resurrection and the Re-enchantment of Society'
Published in the The Information Society's special issue: 'The Death, Afterlife and Immortality of Bodies and Data' - Vol. 29, Issue 3, Taylor and Francis.
Book Review: Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers
Riello, Giorgio & McNeil, Peter (eds), 2011, Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers, London: Berg
Arjun and Igor's Big Adventure: An Exercise in Modern Urban Exchange and Value Creation
Inspired by Arjun Appadurai's book 'The Social Life of Things' and Igor Kopytoff's essay 'The Cultural Biography of Things' the experiment sought to demonstrate the ‘exchange spheres’ and ‘tournaments of value’ that enable material objects to accumulate social and sentimental value.