<?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>Thu, 21 May 2026 10:59:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.xsara.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Research Visit to Cambridge Digital Humanities]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will be a visiting student at Cambridge Digital Humanities  at the University of Cambridge during Michaelmas term 2026. My visit will be overseen by Prof. John L. Drever , and will further develop my research within the Cambridge Digital Humanities community. My project, The Numinous Ear: Autistic Listening and Aural Diversity as a Gateway to the Divine and Sublime , explores autistic listening as a distinct mode of auditory experience and neurodivergent perception as a site of relational...]]></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>