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Ashar Mobeen

Ashar “Usher” Mobeen is a Canadian-Pakistani writer, curator, and second-year PhD candidate at Western University. His research investigates the manifestation of comprehensive astronomical understanding in the art and architecture of ancient and Indigenous civilizations across the globe. By reconstructing the cosmic perspectives of these societies through their art and conjoining his findings with modern scientific understanding, Ashar believes that he can potentially offer answers to questions that humanity continues to ponder. Ultimately, he hopes that his research can address the need for a post-humanist perspective, counter to the mandates of anthropocentric hubris and its imprisonment within binary power dynamics. In the face of catastrophes such as climate change, rising food insecurity, and collapse of biodiversity, he contends it is critical to re-evaluate not only our position in the cosmos, but with the very land we call home.

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Cosmic Echoes in the Art and Architecture of the Islamic Golden Age

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