The SAT Research initiative invites you to join us in Al Jubail, Sharjah, for a series of urban workshops this spring, as part of our ongoing project, Living Continuity. This series calls for an examination of our roles as urban actors as we move through the convergence of social, economic and urban layers of a neighborhood. We will explore what it means to situate research from a place — drawing on methodologies developed by artists, researchers, and writers who ground their praxis in lived experiences.

We are now accepting applications for "Navigating Neighborhoods Through Emotion" led by writer and creative instructor Bhoomika Ghaghada on March 22, 2025. Employing tools that interweave fiction writing with embodied experience, the workshop invites participants to reimagine the urban environment and their relationship to it. By shifting the lens to show that cities are more than static landscapes—rather, they are lived, felt, and continuously reshaped by our presence—the workshop also encourages a deeper understanding of the power we exert.

View the full program and schedule here.