Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast
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Data de Publicação: | 2021 |
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Resumo: | What connects the sci-fi book Dune with coastal dunes and geoengineering? The answer lies in humans and their world-making activities. This paper proposes an innovative approach to coastal dunes as hybrid environments by analyzing the dunes stabilization programs developed on the US Pacific Coast. It looks into the shifting sands of the Oregon coast and how they influenced Frank Herbert to write his novel, why local communities and federal authorities were interested in fixing the moving dunes and how these works ended up having unexpected consequences. It explores how human features acting as forcing mechanisms on beach-dune systems caused changes that turned into controlling influences in their own right, creating new environments and concerns. The paper ends with a reflection on how fiction and the history of dunes can be used to critically think about the anthropocentric hubris of building futures by geoengineering the planet for environmental repair. |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coastAnthropoceneCoastal managementEnvironmental historyGeoengineeringHybrid environmentsSand dunesScience-fictionWhat connects the sci-fi book Dune with coastal dunes and geoengineering? The answer lies in humans and their world-making activities. This paper proposes an innovative approach to coastal dunes as hybrid environments by analyzing the dunes stabilization programs developed on the US Pacific Coast. It looks into the shifting sands of the Oregon coast and how they influenced Frank Herbert to write his novel, why local communities and federal authorities were interested in fixing the moving dunes and how these works ended up having unexpected consequences. It explores how human features acting as forcing mechanisms on beach-dune systems caused changes that turned into controlling influences in their own right, creating new environments and concerns. The paper ends with a reflection on how fiction and the history of dunes can be used to critically think about the anthropocentric hubris of building futures by geoengineering the planet for environmental repair.SAGE JournalsRepositório da Universidade de LisboaFreitas, Joana Gaspar de2022-01-03T09:25:24Z2021-12-302021-12-30T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/50668eng2053-0196https://doi.org/10.1177/205301962110568142053-020Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:54:59Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/50668Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:02:05.406906Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast Freitas, Joana Gaspar de Anthropocene Coastal management Environmental history Geoengineering Hybrid environments Sand dunes Science-fiction |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast |
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Dune(s): Fiction, history, and science on the Oregon coast |
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Freitas, Joana Gaspar de |
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Freitas, Joana Gaspar de |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Freitas, Joana Gaspar de |
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Anthropocene Coastal management Environmental history Geoengineering Hybrid environments Sand dunes Science-fiction |
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Anthropocene Coastal management Environmental history Geoengineering Hybrid environments Sand dunes Science-fiction |
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What connects the sci-fi book Dune with coastal dunes and geoengineering? The answer lies in humans and their world-making activities. This paper proposes an innovative approach to coastal dunes as hybrid environments by analyzing the dunes stabilization programs developed on the US Pacific Coast. It looks into the shifting sands of the Oregon coast and how they influenced Frank Herbert to write his novel, why local communities and federal authorities were interested in fixing the moving dunes and how these works ended up having unexpected consequences. It explores how human features acting as forcing mechanisms on beach-dune systems caused changes that turned into controlling influences in their own right, creating new environments and concerns. The paper ends with a reflection on how fiction and the history of dunes can be used to critically think about the anthropocentric hubris of building futures by geoengineering the planet for environmental repair. |
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