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Bewildering numbers: a social analysis of how population estimates shape human-wild pig relations
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SYSNO ASEP 0576714 Druh ASEP A - Abstrakt Zařazení RIV Záznam nebyl označen do RIV Zařazení RIV Není vybrán druh dokumentu Název Bewildering numbers: a social analysis of how population estimates shape human-wild pig relations Tvůrce(i) Brož, Luděk (UEF-S) SAI, ORCID, RID
Keil, Paul G. (UEF-S) RID, SAI
O'Mahony, Kieran (UEF-S) ORCIDCelkový počet autorů 3 Akce International Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids /13./ Datum konání 06.09.2022 - 09.09.2022 Místo konání Barcelona Země ES - Španělsko Typ akce WRD Jazyk dok. eng - angličtina Klíč. slova Anthopology ; Animal health and disease ; Ecological science Vědní obor RIV AC - Archeologie, antropologie, etnologie Obor OECD Antropology, ethnology Institucionální podpora UEF-S - RVO:68378076 Anotace Globally, free-roaming pig populations are under increased scrutiny. Maps of wild boar density and distribution in Europe illustrate critical geographies where the introduction of African Swine Fever (ASF) might result in the unmanageable spread of the fatal disease. In their non-native home of Australia, the feral pig population is commonly estimated at upwards of 25 million – one pig per human – a number which illustrates their alarming proliferation. Population counts, graphs, and distribution maps are numerically-based representations that play a crucial role in how we conceptualize free-roaming pigs, their advances and retreats, and the threats they might represent. There has been significant debate in biology, game management, and conservation science about methodologies of animal population estimates and the limited reliability of these measures. Less developed is a social scientific inquiry into how these estimates with a high margin of error and uncertainty are translated into and deployed in public discourse, state policy, and on-the ground perception of wild pigs. This paper will take a critical look at these forms of representation and how they shape the relationship between human and free-roaming pigs, drawing on social scientific research in three contexts: ASF spread in Europe, wild boar reintroduction in the United Kingdom (UK), and invasive species management in Australia. What role do population counts and distribution models play in shaping perceptions of wild and feral pigs - who they are, what they can do, and how we should respond to them? Are these uncertain numbers used to depict an inherent unruliness in wild pigs, more-so than other free-roaming species? How are these representations deployed in overlapping or differentiating ways between the European, UK and Australian context? Pracoviště Etnologický ústav Kontakt Veronika Novotná, novotna@eu.cas.cz, Tel.: 532 290 277 Rok sběru 2024
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