Don’t miss out on our brilliant guest researcher, Fateme Gholami’s, talk at One By Walking on 25th October 13:00 CEST on Zoom!

“Gholami’s research focuses on exploring the intersection of places and cartographies of imagination in cultural products, films, literature, and the arts. Specifically, she is currently delving into spiritual journeys and metaphorical walks within the Eastern Sufi tradition for her individual project. As an eco-enthusiast, she works on the intricate world of Ecospaces, spaces of care, represented in literary and visual texts. She explore ‘Quotidian idiosyncratic intimacies’ (Buell, 2009) that we pass through while existing in the world in her academic path. But she also immerses herself in spiritual journeys and ‘walking Fikr’, literally translating as walking thoughts as a person from the Orient. The concept reminds us of the fluidity and complexity within our walking practices, perhaps alluding to Donna Haraway’s notion of tentacular thinking. Gholami introduces the term with a unique perspective steeped in Eastern traditions, particularly Sufism, which values spiritual journeys and the act/art of walking as the way of life for a seeker.  She hopes the presentation could help the audience see the act of walking on the path or “what is footed”, in harmony with their own ways of walkings and thinkings”.

You can find out more about One By Walking and about the talk here.

To receive a Zoom link, email Camilla.brudin.borg@lir.gu.se.

Photo credit: Fateme Gholami