coasts

A (Happy) Story of Coastal Erosion and Dunes

A (Happy) Story of Coastal Erosion and Dunes

A reflection on planning with nature by Celso Aleixo Pinto.

Once Upon a Dune: Coastal (Hi)Stories

In April 2024, during a workshop at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, specialists from different countries and backgrounds talked about dunes. In addition to the scientific topics presented, we discussed how to make our work more compelling and accessible to a wider audience. We wanted to share our plural views on coastal issues and the importance of taking this diversity into account when managing for the future, because beaches are made up of sea and sand, but also of people’s expectations and choices. This exhibition is our way to do this. Each of us has chosen an image/object that represents our personal connection with the coast. We do not want to present results or conclusions; as in a museum or art gallery, it is up to you to find meaning and to write your own script based on your impressions.

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Pinto, Celso Aleixo
Pinto, Celso Aleixo

Portuguese Environment Agency, Portugal

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Celso Aleixo Pinto is a coastal geologist with 24 years working experience in coastal erosion risk management, coastal monitoring, and coastal protection. In his current role as the head of the Coastal Monitoring and Risk Division in the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA), he is responsible for the development and implementation of the Portuguese Coastal Monitoring Program (COSMO) and the supervision of several projects related with coastal protection, cost-benefit analysis, coastal risks, and coastal processes/sediment dynamics. Pinto also carries out applied scientific research in cooperation with universities/I&D, currently focused on assessing the effectiveness, performance, and longevity of beach/shoreface nourishment projects under different geomorphological and morphodynamic conditions.

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Exhibition Overview
Woman of the Dunes
Only the Dunes Could
The Fury of Fiona
Mediterranean Dunes: Environmental Authoritarianism
Managing the Seed Legacy
In the Low Country
Portuguese Crowberries
Ocean Swimming
A Day at the Beach...
Travelling Artists Exploring Southern Brazil
Sea, Dunes, Winds, and People: Connections That Transform
Sand lovers
A (Happy) Story of Coastal Erosion and Dunes
Human Pressures

In the Low Country

In the Low Country

A reflection on borderlands by Nicholas Allen.

Once Upon a Dune: Coastal (Hi)Stories

In April 2024, during a workshop at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, specialists from different countries and backgrounds talked about dunes. In addition to the scientific topics presented, we discussed how to make our work more compelling and accessible to a wider audience. We wanted to share our plural views on coastal issues and the importance of taking this diversity into account when managing for the future, because beaches are made up of sea and sand, but also of people’s expectations and choices. This exhibition is our way to do this. Each of us has chosen an image/object that represents our personal connection with the coast. We do not want to present results or conclusions; as in a museum or art gallery, it is up to you to find meaning and to write your own script based on your impressions.

About the Exhibition

About the author

Allen, Nicholas
Allen, Nicholas

University of Georgia, USA

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Nicholas Allen is the director of the Willson Center and Baldwin Professor in Humanities. He has just finished a book called Late Heaney, which is a study of the poet after Seamus Heaney won the Nobel Prize. Allen’s other publications include Archipelago: A Reader (co-edited with Fiona Stafford, 2021), Ireland, Literature, and the Coast: Seatangled (2020), and Coastal Works (co-edited with Nick Groom and Jos Smith, 2017). He has been the Burns Visiting Scholar at Boston College and has received several grants and awards, including from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Irish Research Council.

Browse the exhibition

Exhibition Overview
Woman of the Dunes
Only the Dunes Could
The Fury of Fiona
Mediterranean Dunes: Environmental Authoritarianism
Managing the Seed Legacy
In the Low Country
Portuguese Crowberries
Ocean Swimming
A Day at the Beach...
Travelling Artists Exploring Southern Brazil
Sea, Dunes, Winds, and People: Connections That Transform
Sand lovers
A (Happy) Story of Coastal Erosion and Dunes
Human Pressures
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