A researcher from Norway is heading to Orkney as part of the 2025 SGSAH EARTH Scholarships programme.
Miriam Sentler is a visual artist and doctoral researcher in Petroculture Studies at the University of Oslo. For her PhD, within the interdisciplinary TOIL (Translatability of Oil) research group, she is studying how Shetlanders use creative culture to translate and oppose oil and other energy production in the North Sea.
At the UHI Archaeology Institute Miriam will undertake an interdisciplinary research project, The Moving Energy Theatre, in the context of the Shetland islands.
During her six-week stay she will conduct comparative background research in Orkney to map the broader context of creative performances about energy production happening in the northern isles of Scotland.
Supervised by Dr Antonia Thomas, Miriam’s project will link to the UHIAI’s ongoing TRANSECTS project.
The SGSAH EARTH Scholarships is a programme run by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanitues (SGSAH), with funding from the British Council, to enable international research collaborations between PhD and Early Career Researchers and Scottish HEIs and Scotland-based academic mentors.
Ten successful applicants from outside the UK will come to Scotland for up to three months in spring 2025.
