Zahra Tootonsab
Biographic Data
| ID | 9606001 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zahra Tootonsab |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zahra |
| FAMILY NAME | Tootonsab |
| SIGNATURE | TOOTONSAB Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-5674-3933 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Art of Sustainable Shelter-Making
How can craftwork offer ethical approaches to homemaking amid environmental change? In this paper, craftwork is both the technical knowledge and the aesthetic expression of homemaking that brings together human and more-than-human relations into an ethico-political tension. This paper was shaped by a web of relations and responsibilities stemming from my Iranian-Bakhtiari ancestry and my diasporic positionality in so-called Canada. I follow the c…
“Niagara as Technology”
My research-creation examines how colonial language and words inspire the logic behind resource extraction, appropriation, and exploitation. Through found poetry—a creative and analytical process of using different (“found”) sources and various methods to critique and view the world—I create a collection of poems responding to Daniel Macfarlane’s Fixing Niagara Falls: Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World’s Most Famous Waterfall (2020).…
“How Tremendous Are Your Deeds!”
Keywords: celebrity culture, Forough Farrokhzad, affect, feminism, Iranian cinema, art and activism, reluctant celebrity, Iranian women, Iranian poetry, twentieth-century Iran
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“Niagara as Technology”
My research-creation examines how colonial language and words inspire the logic behind resource extraction, appropriation, and exploitation. Through found poetry—a creative and analytical process of using different (“found”) sources and various methods to critique and view the world—I create a collection of poems responding to Daniel Macfarlane’s Fixing Niagara Falls: Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World’s Most Famous Waterfall (2020).…
“How Tremendous Are Your Deeds!”
Keywords: celebrity culture, Forough Farrokhzad, affect, feminism, Iranian cinema, art and activism, reluctant celebrity, Iranian women, Iranian poetry, twentieth-century Iran
The Art of Sustainable Shelter-Making
How can craftwork offer ethical approaches to homemaking amid environmental change? In this paper, craftwork is both the technical knowledge and the aesthetic expression of homemaking that brings together human and more-than-human relations into an ethico-political tension. This paper was shaped by a web of relations and responsibilities stemming from my Iranian-Bakhtiari ancestry and my diasporic positionality in so-called Canada. I follow the c…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Appropriation (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Artistic and Creative Research (1 work) · Compromise (1 work)