The SAT Research Initiative invites you to the second installment of Living Continuity: Urban Workshop Series in Jubail, Sharjah. Building on our exploration of our role as urban actors within the layered histories and evolving ecologies of a neighborhood, this series brings together artists, researchers, and writers whose practices are deeply rooted in lived experiences. Together, we will explore ways to ground research from a place, while remaining sensitive to it.

Applications are now open for "Immersive Methods: tracing and foregrounding past-present ecologies", led by anthropologist Neha Vora and artist Richi Bhatia. Join us on April 19, 2025, as we explore the lifeways of urban transformation—documenting material traces, collecting objects, and uncovering emerging narratives. Through discussions and self-guided observations, this workshop invites you to engage with urban spaces, recognizing them not only as human-centric environments, but as shared spaces shaped by multispecies connections and material memory.