French Nightmares - Contemporary Horror, Culture and Historical Trauma
Project by Oliver Hicks aiming to form a comparative study of modern French horror history
Embodying the Social Ghosts: Exploring ‘Social Haunting’ through movement and sound
Project by Max Munday that uses movement-based practices and improvisation to open up new ways to attend to the presence of troubling antisemitic pasts and possible better futures.
Wyrd TV: Folklore, folk horror and British 1970s Television
Project by Diane Rodgers that combines the disciplines of folklore studies and screen studies to examine the on-screen representation of these themes.
VR physical rehabilitation
We explored the use of virtual reality (VR) as a tool to provide therapeutic physiotherapy for child patients in and out-patient hospital department.
VR chronic pain management
Inhealth Pain Management and Impact VR have been working to explore the ways in which virtual reality could be put into practice to manage chronic pain by testing it in a busy pain clinic.
VR myoelectric prosthesis training system for amputees
Myoelectric-powered prostheses can be more functional and advantageous than passive or body-powered equivalents, but using them to the full can require extensive training.
VR pain distraction during burns dressings changes
The perception of pain associated with burn injuries has been reported as one of the most intense types of pain. This presents an important challenge to both patients and clinical staff.
Cultural heritage
This multidisciplinary research group broadly aims to encompass unwritten, unofficial histories and vernacular culture relating to all forms of media, events, traditions, rituals, spaces and places.
Film and television
This research group brings together a diverse group of researchers from across the University who are aligned by a broad interest in film, television and related screen media.
After registering
What to expect after registering for Disabled Student Support at Sheffield Hallam