ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022
Starting with Columbus’ third trip to the Caribbean, Iberian cattle accompanied humans in the colonization of the South American continent. Since then, the cattle population has grown exponentially all over the region, adapting to a variety of local ecologies, being exported all over the world and leading to the cattle industry’s “spectacular” historical trajectory and economic success. Nevertheless, the increase in beef and diary cattle production brought along negative consequences such as deforestation, climate change and social inequality. Although the influence of cattle-human relationships on society has been an object of study since the beginnings of the anthropological discipline,…
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