Bicho bandido

Wild boars, biological invasions and landscape transformations on the Brazilian–Uruguayan border (Pampas region)

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ID18997366
AuthorsC Sordi (0000-0003-2334-8096, National Institute of Historical and Artistical Heritage (IPHAN) 867 – CEP 90035-070 – Porto Alegre Brazil, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume28
Issue3
Pages614-628
Publication date2020-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-0282 • E-ISSN: 1469-8676
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1469-8676.12785
OpenAlexW3091654397
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

In this paper, I discuss the reactions to European wild boars () in the Brazilian–Uruguayan border region from an ethnographic point of view. Drawing on the concept of taskscape, I explore the reasons why these animals are regarded as ‘bandits’ by local agents, as well as the differences in perception between the threat posed by boars and by other non‐native species also present in the Pampa biome, such as Australian eucalyptus ( sp.), Pinus ( sp) and South‐African tough lovegrass (). By contrasting scientific and local views of ‘invasive species’, I argue that the reactions to are connected to the transformations that the Pampa landscape has been undergoing throughout its socio‐environmental history. Namely, the deeply agonistic pattern of human–animal relations that constituted the prairie, as well as the tensions concerning the relations of property and labour in rural areas. Furthermore, in line with the approach that sees landscapes as shaped by different ‘tasks’, I explore local notions of ‘work’ in order to offer an alternative interpretation for the problem of biological invasions, beyond the territorial approach that permeates the literature on the subject

Archaeology · Biology · Biome · Ecosystem · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Ethnology · Geography · Perception · Sociology · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology

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