Name: Sophia Scardua Pereira Takeuchi
Type: MSc dissertation
Publication date: 16/08/2021
Advisor:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| Marcelo Fetz de Almeida | Co-advisor * |
| Eliana Santos Junqueira Creado | Advisor * |
Examining board:
| Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| Renzo Romano Taddei | External Alternate * |
| Marcelo Fetz de Almeida | Co advisor * |
| Guilherme José da Silva e Sá | External Examiner * |
| Eliana Santos Junqueira Creado | Advisor * |
| Celeste Ciccarone | External Alternate * |
| Andrea Barbosa Osorio Sarandy | Internal Examiner * |
Summary: The rising presence of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the everyday life of the
population of Espírito Santo, Brazil, has happened in different ways. The attention given to the
species is mostly due to the media coverage, that report the increase in sightings of the species
in the state, thus allowing the tourism activities to gain economic and social-cultural relevance.
That context has enabled the whale to become the focus of different conservation efforts and
triggered a series of researches, studies, initiatives and projects in favor of protecting the
species and the production of useful knowledge, and appears to have built different
engagements between the actors involved. The objective of this dissertation is to analyze the
ways in which these different relationships occur between the human agents that work with the
species and the species itself, and how whale watching tourism is being mobilized in Espírito
Santo, Brazil. Based on the content analysis of the national and international techno scientific
production on the subject, we did a research on the human agents involved with humpback
whales in Espírito Santo and had some contacts with them through semi-structured interviews
and questionnaires about the subject.
Key-words: whale watching; humpback whales; relations between humans and non-human
animals.
