<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[xsara]]></title><description><![CDATA[xsara]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:08:09 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.xsara.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Xsara Helmi welcomes Dr Helen Kara as external advisor to Transdisciplinary PhD Research]]></title><description><![CDATA[Xsara Helmi welcomes Dr Helen Kara as external advisor to Transdisciplinary PhD Research]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/post/xsara-helmi-welcomes-dr-helen-kara-as-external-advisor-to-transdisciplinary-phd-research</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5f9c24c461ce8c817c11c9</guid><category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arts-Based Research]]></category><category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:28:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/caf8db_20b976ce5d9c400492a098c577ff9d87~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_800,h_316,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Xsara</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eagle Has Landed : Xsara Helmi features on Hollowman Jendor's new album'Talking to the Eagle']]></title><description><![CDATA[Hollowman Jendor's new album, Talking To The Eagle, is out now. As a foundational figure of the legendary Essentials crew who went on to form OGZ, Jendor returns with a definitive, heavy-hitting project that restores the core energy of the scene. Xsara Helmi contributes by providing the news presenter intros for 'Best On The Block' and 'Talk To Me Nice' (tracks 10 and 15), the latter featuring Chip, Frisco, and Scorcher. Talking To The Eagle spans generations of UK Garage and Grime, serving...]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/post/the-eagle-has-landed-xsara-helmi-features-on-hollowman-jendor-s-talking-to-the-eagle-mixtape</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4cfd1e543b72560a3dd9da</guid><category><![CDATA[Industry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:32:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/caf8db_3f059adf740b4d1f8bb1bdfa3891ebf3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_225,h_225,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Xsara</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research Visit to Cambridge Digital Humanities]]></title><description><![CDATA[Xsara Helmi will be a visiting student at Cambridge Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge during Michaelmas term 2026. Her visit will be overseen by Prof. John L. Drever to further develop her research within the Cambridge Digital Humanities community. Her project, Hospital Noises: The Hidden Orchestra of Hospital Machines. Sonic Autobiography and Autistic Listening — A Transdisciplinary Arts-Based Research Inquiry This project explores autistic auditory experience within hospital...]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/post/research-visit-to-cambridge-digital-humanities</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d642aba51db32c14bf71d1</guid><category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arts-Based Research]]></category><category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:09:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/caf8db_a990fc1de8264ccba42a7269e0b42fac~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_533,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Xsara</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA['The Numinous Ear'at Sacred Arts, 2026, Oxford University]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m grateful for the opportunity to present The Numinous Ear: Autistic Listening and Aural Diversity as a Gateway to the Divine and Sublime at Sacred Arts 2026: Exploring the Spiritual Dimensions of Artistic Expression and Ritual, a transdisciplinary conference hosted by the London Arts-Based Research Centre at the University of Oxford on 16–17 May 2026. This presentation explores neurodivergent auditory perception as a site of relational and numinous consciousness. Drawing on Rudolf Otto’s...]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/post/the-numinous-ear-at-sacred-arts-2026-oxford-university</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69bd4bcf9f47d1db502dc42d</guid><category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category><category><![CDATA[Presentation]]></category><category><![CDATA[Spiritual]]></category><category><![CDATA[Arts-Based Research]]></category><category><![CDATA[Autism]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:37:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/caf8db_0a203d1e373f42a999dcc508e8c15180~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_593,h_843,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Xsara</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Publication: Article- Issue 2:1 Journal of Creative Research Method]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m pleased to share that my first PhD article, HOSPITAL NOISES: Sonic Autobiography and the Embodied Experience of Autistic Auditory Perception – A Transdisciplinary Arts-Practice Inquiry,will be published in the Journal of Creative Research Methods (Vol. 2, Issue 1), published by Bristol University Press / Policy Press. The issue will appear in May 2026, with early view access available from the end of March 2026. The article develops a phenomenological, transdisciplinary arts-based...]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/post/forthcoming-publication</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69a1f2d450584b0fa461dedf</guid><category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:43:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/caf8db_c0e1d903cbe84219bb524c54858089f7~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_200,h_290,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Xsara</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Publication: Poem Featured in Indelible Issue #9 (Awakening)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My poem To Be Unmade  will feature in Issue #9 of Indelible , the literary and arts journal from the London Arts-Based Research Centre.  The issue, themed Awakening , launches on 11th October in both print and digital formats. To Be Unmade  engages with themes of threshold, surrender, and transformation, reflecting Jungian individuation - the movement toward integration of self, body, psyche, and environment- and Carl Rogers’ concept of self-actualisation , in which the self unfolds and...]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/post/new-publication-poem-featured-in-indelible-issue-9-awakening</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68e40f1afabe64c932f9bb48</guid><category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category><category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2025 19:14:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/caf8db_8a7f9ba63840420a907bedab6ee34ebe~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Xsara</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Numinous Ear: Autistic Listening and Aural Diversity as a Gateway to the Divine and Sublime]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sacred Arts Conference 2025: London Arts-Based Research Centre, Xsara Helmi, The Numinous Ear.]]></description><link>https://www.xsara.co.uk/post/the-numinous-ear-autistic-listening-and-aural-diversity-as-a-gateway-to-the-divine-and-sublime</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6844a118856d937d0f54ec17</guid><category><![CDATA[Academic]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2025 21:07:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/caf8db_38dd6d23606b46cba16b3cde6a5dbeb2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_864,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Xsara</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>