The role of art in coastal and marine sustainability
Sustainability is a universal goal that requires balancing social, economic and environmental dimensions, and that applies to both terrestrial and marine environments. Several authors argue that arts are valuable tools to frame and engage with current environmental issues related to sustainability,...
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| description | Sustainability is a universal goal that requires balancing social, economic and environmental dimensions, and that applies to both terrestrial and marine environments. Several authors argue that arts are valuable tools to frame and engage with current environmental issues related to sustainability, including pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. Accordingly, our research question is: What is the role of art in the sustainability of coasts and seas? We searched our research question on the two most important scientific databases of articles (Scopus and Web of Science) and retrieved 1,352 articles. We narrowed the articles to 79 studies that actually address our question through screening. The dataset describes a variety of artworks from the four art categories (literary, media, performing and visual) around the world, although the more frequent countries are the US, the UK and Australia. We found that visual arts are more common (~40%), and engagement is a highlighted pursued impact (~40%) by these artistic practices. Other authors also intend to promote marine conservation and restoration, management, education and activism. Only 19 articles of the dataset measured the impact of artistic activities on their audience. This subset shows evidence of art contributions to sustainability mainly through raising awareness, learning, and promoting engagement and enjoyment of project participants. Through this work, we set the current state of knowledge on this emerging topic, and argue that further research and new strategies of impact measurement are needed to thoroughly understand the effect of art on coastal/marine sustainability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-deabd442be104dcca5239b9da3d4c09f2023-05-12T11:18:25ZengCambridge University PressCambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures2754-72052023-01-01110.1017/cft.2023.13The role of art in coastal and marine sustainabilityAna Matias0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2090-6291A. Rita Carrasco1Bruno Pinto2Jaime Reis3Centro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA) / ARNET - Infrastructure Network in Aquatic Research, Universidade do Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, Faro, PortugalCentro de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIMA) / ARNET - Infrastructure Network in Aquatic Research, Universidade do Algarve, Campus of Gambelas, Faro, PortugalCentro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente (MARE) / ARNET - Infrastructure Network in Aquatic Research, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalESML/IPL—Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, IDI&CA, Lisboa, Portugal ESART/IPCB—Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal INET-md/FCSH-UN—Instituto de Etnomusicologia—Centro de Estudos de Música e Dança da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, PortugalSustainability is a universal goal that requires balancing social, economic and environmental dimensions, and that applies to both terrestrial and marine environments. Several authors argue that arts are valuable tools to frame and engage with current environmental issues related to sustainability, including pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. Accordingly, our research question is: What is the role of art in the sustainability of coasts and seas? We searched our research question on the two most important scientific databases of articles (Scopus and Web of Science) and retrieved 1,352 articles. We narrowed the articles to 79 studies that actually address our question through screening. The dataset describes a variety of artworks from the four art categories (literary, media, performing and visual) around the world, although the more frequent countries are the US, the UK and Australia. We found that visual arts are more common (~40%), and engagement is a highlighted pursued impact (~40%) by these artistic practices. Other authors also intend to promote marine conservation and restoration, management, education and activism. Only 19 articles of the dataset measured the impact of artistic activities on their audience. This subset shows evidence of art contributions to sustainability mainly through raising awareness, learning, and promoting engagement and enjoyment of project participants. Through this work, we set the current state of knowledge on this emerging topic, and argue that further research and new strategies of impact measurement are needed to thoroughly understand the effect of art on coastal/marine sustainability.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2754720523000136/type/journal_articleTransdisciplinary researchscience and artengagementsocietyclimate change |
| spellingShingle | Ana Matias A. Rita Carrasco Bruno Pinto Jaime Reis The role of art in coastal and marine sustainability Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures Transdisciplinary research science and art engagement society climate change |
| title | The role of art in coastal and marine sustainability |
| title_full | The role of art in coastal and marine sustainability |
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| title_short | The role of art in coastal and marine sustainability |
| title_sort | role of art in coastal and marine sustainability |
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