Vieira, NinaBrito, CristinaAbrantes Garcia, Ana Catarinada Luz, HilarinoNoronha, HermanoPereira, Dúnia2020-11-252020-11-252020-082076-0787PURE: 19641038PURE UUID: 2f524361-1b9b-47cd-aa86-e8cc6d441039ORCID: /0000-0001-7895-0784/work/84110343ORCID: /0000-0001-5694-5781/work/84110366WOS: 000683348200037Scopus: 85130708412ORCID: /0000-0002-5225-5983/work/151990649ORCID: /0000-0002-6280-9951/work/203443419http://hdl.handle.net/10362/107790UIDB/04666/2020 UIDP/04666/2020 DL.57/2016/CP1453/CT0101Cultural 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 convergence175804203engblue humanitiescetaceans-people encounterscoastal environmentsrepresentationsmemoryheritagelittoral landscapesmarine environmental historySDG 14 - Life Below Waterjournal article10.3390/h9030090https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000683348200037https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/9/3/90