The Whale in the Cape Verde Islands: Seascapes as a Cultural Construction from the Viewpoint of History, Literature, Local Art and Heritage

Humanities

Hermano Noronha¹  Nina Vieira²  Cristina Brito²  Hilarino da Luz²  Ana Catarina Garcia²  Dúnia Pereira³ 

[1] APCM—Associação Para as Ciências do Mar, 1069-061 Lisbon, Portugal;CHAM—Centre for the Humanities, NOVA University of Lisbon, 1069-061 Lisbon, Portugal;IPC—Instituto do Património Cultural, Praia 7600, Cape Verde;

关键词: blue humanities;    marine environmental history;    littoral landscapes;    heritage;    memory;    representations;   

DOI  :  10.3390/h9030090

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Cultural constructions of landscapes, space and environments, and of people’s relationship with nature, have in the Cape Verde Islands a perspective of their own and might have been mediated by the whale. To address perceptions about these marine mammals, historical sources, literature, art, memory and heritage were considered. Whaling influenced history and diaspora and is reflected in literary productions. Remains of whales are found in museums and used as decorative pieces and local art. We found the Cape Verdean seascapes as being culturally and naturally constructed and the whale occupies a true ‘place’ of convergence.

【 授权许可】

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