Mental Oil Spills in Norway’s Oil Capital
Oil is everywhere in Stavanger—highly visible, and yet also out of sight. In this episode of Challenging Nordic Innocence, we’re joined by Bjørk Tørnqvist to talk about “mental oil spills” and the petro-hegemonies shaping Norway’s oil capital. Drawing on participatory mapping, the conversation explores how petroleum is not just an industry or export, but something that structures everyday life—organising space, funding welfare, and making certain dependencies feel natural, even inevitable. What emerges is a closer look at how oil is lived with, normalised, and built into the fabric of the…
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