Webpages tagged with «Shetland»

This talk presents research from the final chapter of Miriam Sentler’s doctoral thesis project, exploring how Shetlanders use motifs from mythology and science fiction in creative performances to navigate the practical implications of the renewable energy era.

Doctoral Research Fellow and artist Miriam Sentler combines mythology, collective memory, and the histories of various energy industries in her large-scale tapestries. In this interview, Eva Pritchard explores Miriam's choice of weaving as a medium and how her artworks reflect the different layers of energy narratives and myths.

In the latest issue of the art magazine Metode, Miriam Sentler contributes an essay about the traditional Up Helly Aa festival in Shetland. In her text, Sentler explores how the Islands’ 1970s oil culture was met by frolicsome cultural displays and acts.

In this blog post, Doctoral Research Fellow Miriam Sentler shares some diary entries she made during her research trip to the Shetland Isles in January 2024. By documenting diverse experiences with the oil industry's presence in a diary format, Sentler provides her reader with fresh insights into the extent to which the industry has made its mark on the Shetland Islands' community and heritage.

In January 2024, Miriam Sentler, one of TOIL’s Doctoral Research Fellows, travelled to Shetland to learn more about its oil industry. In this conversation, Eva Pritchard asks Sentler why she decided to research oil in the Shetland Islands specifically, and how the islands’ Viking-inspired Up Helly Aa festival presents fascinating connections with local energy industries. By focusing on Shetland's creative community, Sentler uncovers new insights into how myth and oil frequently intertwine in the Shetland Isles, both historically and today.