Academic interests
Academic interests include ecocriticism, petroleum oil, imagined communities, processes of heritagization and graphic narratives, ecomusicology.
Background
- Master's degree in Philosophy in European Languages from the University of Oslo (University of Oslo).
- B.A. in English from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
- Library Studies and Information Science from Oslomet.
- Freelance comics comics critic with a regular column about queer comics on the web magazine Empirix. https://www.empirix.no/author/mhestenes/
- Librarian at Deichman Grünerløkka public library.
- Organizer and program manager for Oslo Comics Expo.