II conference was attended by an English panelist
The II Uruguayan Equine Production Conference was successfully developed and held at the Cerro Largo University House Headquarters under the organization of the Equine Development Pole and the Technologist in Equine Production career.
The high level of the speakers on the different topics gave priority to this activity, which was held in the city of Melo for the second consecutive year.
“For me it is a pleasure to be here, I am very grateful and happy for the invitation” said Yancen Diemberger.
“During my PhD research I met Eduardo Lena, even from afar, virtually in the 21st Century World, we stayed in touch, he told me about the development of the Technologist here and one day he sent me the Equine Production Day Program” told to THE DIARY PROFESSIONAL.
“From there he invited me and I am very happy” he commented.
“In this case, I presented what I did as a result of my PhD, which is a comparative study between equine cultures in Argentina and in the Himalayas” reported the professional who came from England to exhibit in Melo. “It is a very transversal view” he added.
He maintained that this research work found many differences, but also similarities. “In both, the human-equine relationship develops within the specific, historical, environmental context, and communication arises from all those elements with the cognitive and physiological capacities of each species. It is a process that has to be done again each time. There are patterns that can be followed, they can be good lines, guides, that can inform us about human-horse communication everywhere, but we always have to keep a contextual eye.” Diemberger noted.
Uruguay and in particular Cerro Largo, are marked at every step by the presence of the equine, as old as the idea that the Homeland was built on horses. “In the van we were coming here I saw it everywhere. It reminded me of Mongolia” said.
“In England there are also many horses. What is different is that here in a pasture there are many, on a social level there are more all together. That caught my attention positively” he assured.
“I was here two days before the Conference and everything was full. I was able to visit several places. I was very lucky, we managed to develop a very compact plan so I have seen a lot, now I have to process everything” he stated. “To be able to process all that information, everything I have seen and experienced, it will take me two or three days” estimated.
“It brought me a lot of information, with a vision from a more technical point of view and also because we went to the Research Center and the themes that unite us in rural situations, in rural contexts, throughout the world and also the particularities that Uruguay has, for example, the natural grasslands” Yancen Diemberger pointed out.
