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Short Abstract
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This panel seeks contributions that explore the intersection between old marginalities, lingering to the present day, and contemporary uncertainties among Latin American pastoralists. Which different pastoral systems operate in the region’s ecosystems; which practices are associated with environmental, economic, and political uncertainties; what forms of mobility are practiced; when lost, how does it affect their management of uncertainty We seek to unravel these understudied questions, collecting fresh ideas to dismantle old and new inequalities.
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Long Abstract
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Uncertainty defines our times. Uncertainty is often reduced to probabilistic risk, wherein people apply different techniques of risk management and control. But … What if we try to embrace uncertainty instead of attempting control over it? To do so we could learn from pastoralist societies living with and from uncertainty all over the world. They live between preparedness and readiness. For them uncertainty is not an obstacle but a resource. They live prepared to variety of outcomes, keeping options open and allowing as much flexibility as possible in their decisions and practices. However, pastoralists populations across the world are often instead forgotten and marginalised. This panel seeks contributions that explore the intersection between old marginalities, lingering to the present day, and contemporary uncertainties of Latin American pastoral societies. There is indeed a great disparity of studies between Latin America and the rest of the world, where research about pastoralism proliferates. Literature is scarce, scattered, and difficult to find. We know very little about the state, the entity, the socio-ecological and economic practices of pastoral groups in the region, as well as the uncertainties they manage in their everyday lives. During a long history, Latin American pastoralists have indeed faced and confronted different forms of uncertainties from land expropriation, political marginalisation, neoliberal economic infiltrations, among many others. But available information is extremely local, lacking a regional breath: Which different pastoral systems operate in the different ecosystems that cross the region; which practices are associated with environmental, economic, and political uncertainties; what forms of mobility are practiced; which ones have been lost and how does it affect their management of uncertainty; and what is the expected importance of pastoralism in the region. These remain understudied questions that this panel seeks to unravel while promoting fresh ideas to dismantle old and new inequalities.
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