ABOUT
CEARCALL is a research-led initiative dedicated to exploring the role of nature-based spiritualities in cultivating pro-environmental behaviour and ecological activism. Bridging academic inquiry with artistic practice, CEARCALL undertakes interdisciplinary research through participatory, embodied, and ritual methods — foregrounding the experiential, the intuitive, and the mythic as valid modes of knowledge-making.
Grounded in feminist, animist, and decolonial perspectives, CEARCALL’s current focus lies in developing a body of practice and theory that re-enchants ecological consciousness through the mythological and erotic imagination. Future PhD research will deepen this inquiry, examining how storytelling, altered states, and collective ritual might foster an intimate, transformative relationship with the Earth.
ARTISTIC RESEARCH
Artistic Research is an evolving academic discipline situated at the intersection of creative practice and critical analysis. First articulated by Elliot Eisner in 1933, it seeks to explore and communicate the complexities of human subjectivity through artistic means. While grounded primarily within the humanities, Artistic Research engages in dynamic interdisciplinary dialogue with fields such as the social sciences and natural sciences, offering a unique approach to knowledge production that values intuition, affect, and sensory experience alongside theoretical reflection.
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RESEARCH FOCUSES
​As part of CEARCALL’s artistic research into nature-based spirituality, the initiative explores a constellation of interconnected sub-themes. These include rewilding and positive environmentalism; roots work and the tracing of indigenous histories, particularly within a Celtic context; the role of nature as a catalyst for social and political transformation; deep ecology and spiritual ecology; and the use of entheogens as tools for cultivating ecological awareness and action. This research is grounded in the belief that spiritual connection to land can inspire profound shifts in collective consciousness and foster more sustainable ways of being.