Participation is open to all Iranians living abroad who identify, in any way, with exile.
We will meet outside Calthorpe Community Garden (WC1X 8LH), and walk towards UCL main campus.
Welcome to Walking Elsewhere, workshop series, exploring the relationship between bodies, public space and migration, by artist, urbanist, and researcher Dr Saba Zavarei.
Each workshop consists of toughly one hour of walking, followed by one hour of reflection and discussion at the UCL IAS centre in Euston. Sessions can be booked individually– there is no requirement to attend every workshop–though participants are warmly encouraged to join more than one, as each walk and workshop explores different routes and themes.
Please dress comfortably and bring your sense of adventure, you never know when London rain might join the walk!
The exercises draw on theatre and performance trainings, mind-mapping, counter- mapping, drift, and site-specific methods.
Week TWO: Travelling with Seeds
What can plants and trees teach us about rooting, uprooting, and the fragile journeys of belonging across places?
In this workshop we begin in Calthorpe Community Garden, tracing how nature continues and transforms across places. Through performance exercises and storytelling, we explore our relationship with plants and trees, and reflect on the shifting meanings of rooting and uprooting.
