The JRAAS team (Junior Researchers in Anglo-American Studies) and the CETAPS Digital Lab (Centre for English, Translation, and Anglo-Portuguese Studies) - a research centre at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Porto - is presenting its latest film series, entitled ‘Thalassologia: The Blue Humanities in Film’.
As the title suggests, the thematic line of this cycle will be linked to the Blue Humanities, the field of Humanities that studies the relationship between human beings and their culture and water. Specifically, this cycle will look at representations of the oceans and maritime exploration/research in the cinema.
The next session will focus on the film ‘The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou’ (2004), directed by Wes Anderson, which follows the story of oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his campaign to take revenge on the legendary jaguar shark that killed his mate.
The screening of the film will take place at the Biodiversity Gallery on 3 December at 6pm, with an opening speech by Dr Nuno Soares, a researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon.
