Arts and Humanities tells Real Stories on Sheffield’s streets

The University and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities are bringing Real Stories to the streets of Sheffield. The Real Stories project showcases the contribution Arts and Humanities makes to the city and highlights the effect of the faculty’s work on the lives of local people.

The project is designed to tie in with Universities Week which runs from the 13 - 19 June. Universities Week is a national campaign demonstrating the benefits of universities within UK society.

The campaign highlights the impact universities in the UK have on the individual, the local community, its businesses, and the future of the UK.

Real Stories centres on four projects undertaken by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities which have had an impact on the city and the region. A series of posters featuring artwork relating to each of these projects has been developed and can be seen right across the city, promoting the work of the faculty to the public and guiding them to the project website where they can find out more.

The posters have also been distributed to the around the London Underground to promote the faculty and the University in the capital.

The Real Stories featured in the project are:

Storying Sheffield, an innovative art and community project based in the University's School of English. The project enables undergraduate students and Sheffielders to work together to tell, in their own words, the extraordinary stories of the ordinary people who make this city.

Creswell Crags Cave Art, the Ice Age art on the A60 discovered by Dr Paul Pettitt and his team in 2003. The University is still very much involved with the Creswell Crags site and has recently begun a new excavation in a new cave called The Crypt.

The Sheffield Jungle, evidence of which was uncovered by the National Fairground Archive at the University. Frank C. Bostock’s show gave locals a taste of undiscovered worlds, and featured animals including a drum-playing elephant, trained mice and no fewer than 100 lions.

Philosophy in the City, the student led project that works with children in six schools in the city developing thinking, writing and speaking skills with the help of philosophical arguments and ideas.

To find out more about the faculty’s Real Stories go to the website: http://www.shef.ac.uk/realstories/index.html