Shoes and Feet with Ellen Sampson and Alexandra Sherlock
Update: 2025-02-08
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Today’s guests are footwear experts Dr Ellen Sampson and Dr Alexandra Sherlock.
Ellen Sampson is an artist, curator, and material culture researcher. She is also the author ofWorn: Footwear, Attachment and the Affects of Wear.
Alexandra Sherlock is a writer and lecturer at RMIT’s school of fashion and textiles. Using footwear as a lens, she investigates the relationship between bodies, cultures, societies, and the environment.
In this episode we’ll discuss what your shoes say about you, and why footwear can have such profound emotional resonance.
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