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Miriam Sentler

Doctoral Research Fellow - Nordic Literature
Image of Miriam Sentler
Visiting address Henrik Wergelands Hus
Postal address Postboks 1102 Blindern 0317 Oslo
Other affiliations Faculty of Humanities (Student) LINK-Centre for Learning and Education (Student)

Academic interests

I am an Energy Humanities researcher and visual artist with a broad interest in energy history, island culture, archival studies, and creative research methodologies. My doctoral research project "Energy Acts" traces creative energy discourse across a century of festival acts, examining how Shetlanders have encountered different fuels throughout time. 

 

Background

I graduated cum laude from the Maastricht Institute of Fine Arts and the University of Amsterdam and am currently a doctoral research fellow in Petroculture Studies at the University of Oslo. My interdisciplinary projects address mining histories and the realities of left-behind extractive landscapes, and often result in long research trajectories that take shape in different mediums, including installations, performance, audio, textiles, drawings, artist publications, and essays. 

 

Tags: Environmental Humanities, Energy History, Petroculture, Island Studies, Blue Humanities, Archival Studies, Energy Transitions

Publications

  • Sentler, Miriam (2026). Lunch Seminar “Green Acts: The Fantastical (Re)Imagination of the Green Energy Frontier in Shetland”. doi: https:/www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/projects/oceh/events/oceh-events/lunch-seminars/2026/lunch-seminar-miriam-sentler-%E2%80%9Cgreen-acts-the-fanta.html. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sentler, Miriam (2026). Seminar: "Wind Acts: Exploring Wind Energy History in Shetland Through Research-Creation and Archival Research". Full text in Research Archive
  • Sentler, Miriam (2026). SOUNDING OFF: University of Oslo Petrocultures Researcher Miriam Sentler Shares her Thoughts on SSEN’s Viking Energy Windfarm in Shetland. 02.01.2026. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sentler, Miriam (2025). The Moving Energy Theatre — Miriam Sentler. Full text in Research Archive
  • Pritchard, Eva Jensine & Sentler, Miriam (2025). Interweaving Mythology and Energy: An Interview with Miriam Sentler on her Tapestry Works - Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies. [Internet]. UiO website. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sentler, Miriam (2025). "Burn-up the Oil Dragon" and other childrens' stories about oil from Shetland's Archives. [Radio]. BBC Radio - Sounds - Good Evening Shetland. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sentler, Miriam (2024). The Functions of Myth and Storytelling in North Sea Oil Disasters. Full text in Research Archive
  • Sentler, Miriam (2024). Presentation on Fieldwork and Artistic Research in Shetland. Full text in Research Archive
  • Hale, Sadie E. & Sentler, Miriam (2023). CAIRBAN: A contemporary shark hunt. Full text in Research Archive

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