Environmental Humanities and the Lusophone World

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Explores literature, visual arts and films from the Lusophone cultures (Portugal, Brazil, Angola and Mozambique). Through an interdisciplinary, transnational inquiry, we pay special attention to the ways they entangle with the environment. We examine works that overtly deal with ecological issues, but also apply an ecocritical point of view to works we dont primarily think of as ecological. We look at Amerindian cultures, Big Game hunting in colonial Africa, Fernando Pessoas heteronyms, and environmental imaginary in contemporary cinema. We explore how the arts can shape environmental thinking, raise awareness of non-human lifeworlds, and provide cultural responses to the growing climate crisis.