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Research interests
Cristina Brito has PhD in History – History of the Portuguese Discoveries and Expansion, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences of NOVA University of Lisbon (2005/2010), a Masters in Ethology from the Institute of Applied Psychology (1998/2000) and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology Applied to Animal Resources – Marine Resources, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (1993/1998). Since February 2019, she is and Assistant Professor at the History Department at NOVA FCSH, Lisbon. Prior to that position, she has been awarded a Research Contract by FCT (IF/00610/2015) at CHAM — NOVA FCSH to investigate ‘Cow-fish, ngulu-maza or iguaragua? Local and Global Knowledge Production, Changing Perceptions and Practices on Marine Animals in the Atlantic, 1419–1758’ (2016-2019). Cristina Brito has an interdisciplinary, comparative and cross-cultural approach to her research. Her scientific interests include early modern marine environmental history, local and global perceptions about and uses of the seas, Atlantic and oceanic histories. She is currently a member of the Board of OPI – Oceans Past Initiative (2014-2019), a Sub-Director of CHAM - Centre for the Humanities where she also coordinates a thematic line of research (Environmental History and the Sea), the UNESCO Chair on Oceans' Cultural Heritage and the H2020 RISE project CONCHA (2018-2021).
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Research Output at NOVA
Mar, conhecimento empírico e a simbólico dos animais marinhos na imagem de poder da Infanta D. Beatriz em Cortes de Júpiter de Gil Vicente (1521)
Pinto, C. A. & Brito, C., 2020, A donde Neptuno reina: Water, Gods and Power during the Modern Era (16th-18th Centuries). Corral Corredoira, P. D. D. (ed.). Lisboa: CHAM & Edições Húmus , p. 141-155 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Peoples, Nature and Environments: Learning to live together
Roque, A. C., Brito, C. & Veracini, C., 2020, Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 324 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
A baleia sob a lupa
Brito, C., 2019, In : Oceanica – Newsletter da Cátedra UNESCO “O Património Cultural dos Oceanos”. 11, p. 4 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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An International Online Social Survey of Public Attitudes Towards Cetaceans
Giovos, I., Moutopoulos, D., Nakagun, S., Vieira, N., Akritopoulou, E. & Brito, C., 15 May 2019, In : Aquatic Mammals. 45, 3, p. 327-339 12 p., 45(3).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality: Interconnected stories of mythological creatures and marine mammals
Brito, C., Oct 2019, Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy: Proceedings of the 5th International Multidisciplinary Congress (PHI 2019), October 7-9, 2019, Paris, France. Kong, M. S. M., Monteiro, M. D. R. & Pereira, M. J. (eds.). London: Taylor & Francis Group, p. 335-341 6 p. (PHI).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Prizes
Associação Para as Ciências do Mar
Brito, Cristina (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Election to learned society
CONCHA - The construction of early modern global Cities and oceanic networks in the Atlantic: An approach via Ocean’s Cultural Heritage
Costa, João Paulo Oliveira e (Recipient), Brito, Cristina (Recipient), Carvalho, Patrícia Catarina Sanches de (Recipient), Bettencourt, José António (Recipient), Teixeira, André (Recipient), Pinto, Carla Alferes (Recipient), Vieira, Nina (Recipient), Garcia, Ana Catarina Abrantes (Recipient) & Baço, Joana (Recipient), 1 Jan 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Cow-fish, ngulu-maza or iguaragua? Local and global knowledge production, changing perceptions and practices on marine animals in the Atlantic, 1419-1758
Brito, Cristina (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Cow-fish, ngulu-maza or iguaragua? Local and global knowledge production, changing perceptions and practices on marine animals in the Atlantic, 1419-1758
Brito, Cristina (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
"Cow-fish, ngulu-maza or iguaragua? Local and Global Knowledge Production, Changing Perceptions and Practices on Marine Animals in the Atlantic, 1419–1758"
Brito, Cristina (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Activities
As humanidades ambientais no CHAM: Entre a história da história natural e a história ambiental marinha
Cristina Brito (Speaker)
Jan 2020 → …
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Oceans Past VIII
Cristina Brito (Invited speaker)
May 2020
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
In between marine environmental history and the history of natural history: Peoples and manatees in the early modern Atlantic
Cristina Brito (Speaker)
Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
DA BALEIA-RECURSO À BALEIA-ANIMAL: MIGRAÇÕES ENTRE HISTÓRIA, AMBIENTE, CIÊNCIA E LITERATURA
Cristina Brito (Speaker)
Mar 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Indigenous knowledge about and European appropriation of large aquatic animals in the early modern Americas: Manatees and Sea Turtles in Portuguese Brazil
Cristina Brito (Speaker)
Jan 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Press / Media
Especialistas em cetáceos querem dá-los a conhecer ao público
1/01/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
O que é isto? Lixo? É o projeto "Despojos do Mar"
1/01/13
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research