In this paper, I discuss the reactions to European wild boars (Sus scrofa) 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 (Eucalyptus sp.), Pinus (Pinus sp.) and South‐African tough lovegrass (Eragrostis plana). By contrasting scientific and local views of ‘invasive species’, I argue that the reactions to Sus scrofa 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.

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Bicho bandido：巴西-乌拉圭边界（南美大草原地区）的野猪，生物入侵和景观转变

在本文中，我将从人种学的角度讨论对巴西-乌拉圭边境地区欧洲野猪（Sus scrofa）的反应。我利用Taskscape的概念，探究了为什么这些动物被当地特工视为“土匪”，以及公羊和其他在潘帕生物群落中存在的野猪和其他非本地物种构成的威胁之间的感知差异。 ，例如澳大利亚的桉树（Eucalyptus sp。），松（Pinus sp 。）和南非坚韧的爱情草（Eragrostis plana）。通过对比科学和地方对“入侵物种”的看法，我认为对Sus scrofa的反应与潘帕（Pampa）景观在其整个社会环境历史中所经历的转变有关。就是说，构成草原的人与动物之间的关系处于极度激烈的竞争格局，而农村地区关于财产与劳资关系的紧张关系也是如此。此外，根据认为景观由不同“任务”塑造的方法，我探索了“工作”的本地概念，以便为生物入侵问题提供替代性的解释，而不是渗透到有关生物入侵的领域方法中。学科。