Cristina Brito
Biographic Data
| ID | 3634397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristina Brito |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Brito |
| SIGNATURE | BRITO C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7895-0784 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Transdisciplinary Histories and the Rise of the Environmental Humanities
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0
Manatins e tartarugas no Brasil colonial (XVI-XVIII): Apropriação, Extrações, Consumos E Teleconexões Oceânicas
Whales, manatees and (freshwater and marine) turtles are among the aquatic species most valued by european settlers and explorers of the Atlantic throughout the early modern period. While contacting with a tropical ecology, based on a perception of abundance and inexhaustible resources, these animals were selected as subsistence resources, but also commercialized by Europeans. These practices were acquired, often, based on the observation of thei…
The Importance of Aquatic Fauna on Ancient Mesopotamian Healing Practices—An Environmental Humanities Approach to Human Dependency of Non-Human World
Diachronically, Mesopotamian data pertaining to the religious spheres point to a transversal notion that deities were considered responsible for every cause–effect event observed/experienced by humans in their natural/cosmic surroundings. Such notion is especially visible on texts pertaining to the restoration of human health, where such an aspect was ultimately considered as a divine prerogative. Yet, these textual data also show how natural ele…
Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa
This book deals with peoples’ practices, perceptions, emotions and feelings towards aquatic animals, their ecosystems and nature on the early modern Atlantic coasts by addressing exploitation, use, fear, empathy, otherness, and indifference in the relationships established with aquatic environments and resources by Indigenous Peoples and Europeans. It focuses on large aquatic fauna, especially manatees (but also sharks, sea turtles, seals, and ot…
Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa
https:// www.fox13news.com/news/rescuers-brave-hurricane-irmas-fury-to-save-manatees18 "A record number of Florida manatees were killed by boat strikes and a near-record number of overall manatee deaths were reported in 2018: a total of 804 manatees died in Florida waters last year, close to the record 830 set in 2013, according to data from the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; boats killed 119 manatees in 2018, breaking the recor…
The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500)
We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod ( Gadus morhua ) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences…
Uma Agenda de Investigação nas Humanidades Azuis: Exploração dos Ambientes Aquáticos e os 4 Oceanos em Épocas Pré-Industrialização
Como podemos contar uma história humana num mundo mais-do-que-humano? Como se percebem as influências e consequências para pessoas e sociedades do mundo natural e físico que as envolve e do qual dependem para sobreviver, sem esquecer os vários agenciamentos envolvidos e interligados? E como o fazemos no mundo líquido, fluído, azul e profundo dos oceanos e águas costeiras do planeta? A problemática é histórica, mas reflete-se também na atualidade …
Understanding the public attitude towards sharks for improving their conservation
Shaping Landscapes: Thinking On the Interactions between People and Nature in Inter- and Postdisciplinary Narratives
This article addresses broad and plural concepts of landscape, considering its diversity of meanings and uses, which go far beyond its environmental and geographical connotations. It discusses the relationship between humanity and the rest of the natural world as a global process that combines physical and cultural aspects, and it seeks to highlight the contribution of environmental humanities to the understanding of these. Given the multiple con…
The Whale in the Cape Verde Islands: Seascapes as a Cultural Construction from the Viewpoint of History, Literature, Local Art and Heritage
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…
Quando não há longe nem distância. Há o contágio
Uma visão breve sobre os contágios resultantes dos contactos entre pessoas e sociedades, como resultado das globalizações humanas, e de como a ecologia e o ambiente têm e tiveram um impacto no estabelecimento de relações humanas. A história ambiental e as humanidades ambientaispermitem compreender o passado das interações entre diferentes povos e estes com o resto do meio natural e dão ainda um valioso contributo para o entendimento de problemas …
The Voice of Skogula in ‘Beasts Royal’ and a Story of the Tagus Estuary (Lisbon, Portugal) as Seen through a Whale’s-Eye View
Patrick O’Brian inspired this work, with his 1934 book of chronicles “Beasts Royal,” where he gives a voice to animals. Therein, among other animals, we find Skogula, a young sperm whale journeying with his family group across the South Seas and his views on the surrounding world, both underwater and on land. This paper tells a story of historical natural events, from the viewpoint of a fin whale that travelled, rested and stranded in the Tagus e…
The wonder whale: A Commodity, a Monster, a Show and an Icon
Brito, Cristina, Vieira, Nina, Freitas, Joana G. (2019): The wonder whale: a commodity, a monster, a show and an icon. Anthropozoologica 54 (3): 13-27, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a3
Pessoas, manatins e o ambiente aquático na América moderna: Confluência E Divergência Nas Interações Históricas Entre Humanos E Animais
Com uma distribuição geográfica histórica alargada em zonas costeiras, ambientes de transição e fluviais do Oceano Atlântico tropical, o manatim (manati das Índias Ocidentais, peixe-boi ou iguaragua do Brasil colonial) era bastante valorizado. As fontes documentais e iconográficas dos séculos XVI e XVII mostram-nos que era usado como alimento, para fins medicinais, para produzir utensílios ou como animal de estimação, mas seu valor económico e si…
Brazilian manatees (re)discovered: Early modern accounts reflecting the overexploitation of aquatic resources and the emergence of conservation concerns
The relationship between indigenous people and manatees in Brazil dates back to prehistoric times. It has been the subject of interdisciplinary research by specialists in marine environmental history, ethnozoology and anthropology. Manatee species, Thrichechus inunguis and Thrichechus manatus, form part of the local culture and traditions of their distribution regions: subtropical and tropical regions, as well as the entire Amazon basin and its A…
Medieval and Early Modern Whaling in Portugal
Mainland Portugal is not renowned for having been a whaling nation of significance. However, preliminary studies have brought to light enough historical references to suggest that whaling occurred from at least the 13th century, and the present work identifies 38 historical sources documenting whale use or whaling on the Portuguese coast between 1201 and 1728. A peak of whale-related sources occurred during the 13th and 14th centuries, and almost…
The wonder whale: A Commodity, a Monster, a Show and an Icon
Brito, Cristina, Vieira, Nina, Freitas, Joana G. (2019): The wonder whale: a commodity, a monster, a show and an icon. Anthropozoologica 54 (3): 13-27, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a3
Medieval and Early Modern Whaling in Portugal
Mainland Portugal is not renowned for having been a whaling nation of significance. However, preliminary studies have brought to light enough historical references to suggest that whaling occurred from at least the 13th century, and the present work identifies 38 historical sources documenting whale use or whaling on the Portuguese coast between 1201 and 1728. A peak of whale-related sources occurred during the 13th and 14th centuries, and almost…
Uma Agenda de Investigação nas Humanidades Azuis: Exploração dos Ambientes Aquáticos e os 4 Oceanos em Épocas Pré-Industrialização
Como podemos contar uma história humana num mundo mais-do-que-humano? Como se percebem as influências e consequências para pessoas e sociedades do mundo natural e físico que as envolve e do qual dependem para sobreviver, sem esquecer os vários agenciamentos envolvidos e interligados? E como o fazemos no mundo líquido, fluído, azul e profundo dos oceanos e águas costeiras do planeta? A problemática é histórica, mas reflete-se também na atualidade …
Pessoas, manatins e o ambiente aquático na América moderna: Confluência E Divergência Nas Interações Históricas Entre Humanos E Animais
Com uma distribuição geográfica histórica alargada em zonas costeiras, ambientes de transição e fluviais do Oceano Atlântico tropical, o manatim (manati das Índias Ocidentais, peixe-boi ou iguaragua do Brasil colonial) era bastante valorizado. As fontes documentais e iconográficas dos séculos XVI e XVII mostram-nos que era usado como alimento, para fins medicinais, para produzir utensílios ou como animal de estimação, mas seu valor económico e si…
Brazilian manatees (re)discovered: Early modern accounts reflecting the overexploitation of aquatic resources and the emergence of conservation concerns
The relationship between indigenous people and manatees in Brazil dates back to prehistoric times. It has been the subject of interdisciplinary research by specialists in marine environmental history, ethnozoology and anthropology. Manatee species, Thrichechus inunguis and Thrichechus manatus, form part of the local culture and traditions of their distribution regions: subtropical and tropical regions, as well as the entire Amazon basin and its A…
Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa
This book deals with peoples’ practices, perceptions, emotions and feelings towards aquatic animals, their ecosystems and nature on the early modern Atlantic coasts by addressing exploitation, use, fear, empathy, otherness, and indifference in the relationships established with aquatic environments and resources by Indigenous Peoples and Europeans. It focuses on large aquatic fauna, especially manatees (but also sharks, sea turtles, seals, and ot…
Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa
https:// www.fox13news.com/news/rescuers-brave-hurricane-irmas-fury-to-save-manatees18 "A record number of Florida manatees were killed by boat strikes and a near-record number of overall manatee deaths were reported in 2018: a total of 804 manatees died in Florida waters last year, close to the record 830 set in 2013, according to data from the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; boats killed 119 manatees in 2018, breaking the recor…
Medieval and Early Modern Whaling in Portugal
Mainland Portugal is not renowned for having been a whaling nation of significance. However, preliminary studies have brought to light enough historical references to suggest that whaling occurred from at least the 13th century, and the present work identifies 38 historical sources documenting whale use or whaling on the Portuguese coast between 1201 and 1728. A peak of whale-related sources occurred during the 13th and 14th centuries, and almost…
Brazilian manatees (re)discovered: Early modern accounts reflecting the overexploitation of aquatic resources and the emergence of conservation concerns
The relationship between indigenous people and manatees in Brazil dates back to prehistoric times. It has been the subject of interdisciplinary research by specialists in marine environmental history, ethnozoology and anthropology. Manatee species, Thrichechus inunguis and Thrichechus manatus, form part of the local culture and traditions of their distribution regions: subtropical and tropical regions, as well as the entire Amazon basin and its A…
The Voice of Skogula in ‘Beasts Royal’ and a Story of the Tagus Estuary (Lisbon, Portugal) as Seen through a Whale’s-Eye View
Patrick O’Brian inspired this work, with his 1934 book of chronicles “Beasts Royal,” where he gives a voice to animals. Therein, among other animals, we find Skogula, a young sperm whale journeying with his family group across the South Seas and his views on the surrounding world, both underwater and on land. This paper tells a story of historical natural events, from the viewpoint of a fin whale that travelled, rested and stranded in the Tagus e…
The wonder whale: A Commodity, a Monster, a Show and an Icon
Brito, Cristina, Vieira, Nina, Freitas, Joana G. (2019): The wonder whale: a commodity, a monster, a show and an icon. Anthropozoologica 54 (3): 13-27, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a3
Pessoas, manatins e o ambiente aquático na América moderna: Confluência E Divergência Nas Interações Históricas Entre Humanos E Animais
Com uma distribuição geográfica histórica alargada em zonas costeiras, ambientes de transição e fluviais do Oceano Atlântico tropical, o manatim (manati das Índias Ocidentais, peixe-boi ou iguaragua do Brasil colonial) era bastante valorizado. As fontes documentais e iconográficas dos séculos XVI e XVII mostram-nos que era usado como alimento, para fins medicinais, para produzir utensílios ou como animal de estimação, mas seu valor económico e si…
The Whale in the Cape Verde Islands: Seascapes as a Cultural Construction from the Viewpoint of History, Literature, Local Art and Heritage
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…
Quando não há longe nem distância. Há o contágio
Uma visão breve sobre os contágios resultantes dos contactos entre pessoas e sociedades, como resultado das globalizações humanas, e de como a ecologia e o ambiente têm e tiveram um impacto no estabelecimento de relações humanas. A história ambiental e as humanidades ambientaispermitem compreender o passado das interações entre diferentes povos e estes com o resto do meio natural e dão ainda um valioso contributo para o entendimento de problemas …
Understanding the public attitude towards sharks for improving their conservation
Shaping Landscapes: Thinking On the Interactions between People and Nature in Inter- and Postdisciplinary Narratives
This article addresses broad and plural concepts of landscape, considering its diversity of meanings and uses, which go far beyond its environmental and geographical connotations. It discusses the relationship between humanity and the rest of the natural world as a global process that combines physical and cultural aspects, and it seeks to highlight the contribution of environmental humanities to the understanding of these. Given the multiple con…
The North Atlantic Fish Revolution (ca. AD 1500)
We propose the concept of the “Fish Revolution” to demarcate the dramatic increase in North Atlantic fisheries after AD 1500, which led to a 15-fold increase of cod ( Gadus morhua ) catch volumes and likely a tripling of fish protein to the European market. We consider three key questions: (1) What were the environmental parameters of the Fish Revolution? (2) What were the globalising effects of the Fish Revolution? (3) What were the consequences…
Uma Agenda de Investigação nas Humanidades Azuis: Exploração dos Ambientes Aquáticos e os 4 Oceanos em Épocas Pré-Industrialização
Como podemos contar uma história humana num mundo mais-do-que-humano? Como se percebem as influências e consequências para pessoas e sociedades do mundo natural e físico que as envolve e do qual dependem para sobreviver, sem esquecer os vários agenciamentos envolvidos e interligados? E como o fazemos no mundo líquido, fluído, azul e profundo dos oceanos e águas costeiras do planeta? A problemática é histórica, mas reflete-se também na atualidade …
Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa
This book deals with peoples’ practices, perceptions, emotions and feelings towards aquatic animals, their ecosystems and nature on the early modern Atlantic coasts by addressing exploitation, use, fear, empathy, otherness, and indifference in the relationships established with aquatic environments and resources by Indigenous Peoples and Europeans. It focuses on large aquatic fauna, especially manatees (but also sharks, sea turtles, seals, and ot…
Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa
https:// www.fox13news.com/news/rescuers-brave-hurricane-irmas-fury-to-save-manatees18 "A record number of Florida manatees were killed by boat strikes and a near-record number of overall manatee deaths were reported in 2018: a total of 804 manatees died in Florida waters last year, close to the record 830 set in 2013, according to data from the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; boats killed 119 manatees in 2018, breaking the recor…
The Importance of Aquatic Fauna on Ancient Mesopotamian Healing Practices—An Environmental Humanities Approach to Human Dependency of Non-Human World
Diachronically, Mesopotamian data pertaining to the religious spheres point to a transversal notion that deities were considered responsible for every cause–effect event observed/experienced by humans in their natural/cosmic surroundings. Such notion is especially visible on texts pertaining to the restoration of human health, where such an aspect was ultimately considered as a divine prerogative. Yet, these textual data also show how natural ele…
Transdisciplinary Histories and the Rise of the Environmental Humanities
This article was published open access under a CC BY licence: https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0
Manatins e tartarugas no Brasil colonial (XVI-XVIII): Apropriação, Extrações, Consumos E Teleconexões Oceânicas
Whales, manatees and (freshwater and marine) turtles are among the aquatic species most valued by european settlers and explorers of the Atlantic throughout the early modern period. While contacting with a tropical ecology, based on a perception of abundance and inexhaustible resources, these animals were selected as subsistence resources, but also commercialized by Europeans. These practices were acquired, often, based on the observation of thei…
Geography (10 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Biology (6 works) · Fishery (6 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · History (5 works) · Ecology (4 works)