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This work explores the use of mythopoetic strategies to address themes of grief and resistance for women in Iran.

July 11, 2026Feminist Art Practices and Research

The astral archive: a feminist mythopoeic oration of grief, witness, and revolt

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Mythopoetic oration transforms trauma into imaginative activism for women in contemporary Iran, suggesting new possibilities.

This work explores the use of mythopoetic strategies to address themes of grief and resistance for women in Iran.
Employs lyrical narration and affective testimony to create a cosmic archive of the Zodiac.
Analyzes the role of poetry as feminist research and artistic intervention in sociopolitical contexts.
Engages with intertextual references to T.S. Eliot and Forugh Farrokhzad to situate its themes in a broader dialogue.
Establishes the Zodiac as a site that maps grief and resistance, enabling collective imagination.
Demonstrates how poetic strategies can convert trauma into ongoing narratives of hope and defiance.
Highlights the interdependence of aesthetic form and women's testimony as a means of reclaiming erased voices.

Farzaneh Haratyan (2026) studied this question.

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