Cada doma é um livro: a relação entre humanos e cavalos no pampa sul-rio-grandense

Abstract

This dissertation consists of an ethnography on the relationship between humans and animals in Rio Grande do Sul pampa having as reference the established interaction between the trainers and the horses in the taming. This relationship builds the technique itself, the pastoral labors, and the way of life. The trainer is the artifice who has the ability of techniques of teaching horses to activities related to jobs involving extensive livestock farming. It is a knowledge / make consists of different moments in which trigger the use of certain artifacts, establishing an interaction where the horse learns ways to communicate with the human. These sets of techniques are classifieds according to the degree of violence undertaken to tame the horse, although, according to the interlocutors, each handler has its technical choices that are useds according to the established relationship with the horse. For trainers, the "horse is equal to man, has temper", where some are tame, others are "velhacos", i.e., rebels and others are "baldosos", characterized as treacherous animals. In addition, the taming process are taken into account the varying degrees of assimilation of the teachings of each horse and learning is an ongoing process that needs to be always practicing the animal for this " not lose doma " , that is, forget We have learned. Consequently, in the process is established an interaction between human and nonhuman where the trainer teaches the horse, and this, in turn, teaches the skill of execution of techniques, making him experience different ways of practicing such knowledge / make. Therefore, the ethnographic work establishes a discussion about learning both as trainers of horses is through a continuing incorporation of skills constituted on experience and experiences of inhabiting the world of pastoral read and of life.