An Afternoon on the Pasture with the Shepherd László Sáfián (knowledge of grass, sheep, bells, dogs) 

In this film (with English, Turkish, Spanish subtitles) a herder, László Sáfián, speaks about his pasture, livestock and dog, and the inextricable links between all these. Turkish subtitles by Gábor Szőllősy and Erdal Şalıkoǧlu. Spanish subtitles by Linda Valter, nuestro agradecimiento a Elena Galán y a David García Cava por haber revisado el subtítulo español desde el punto de vista lingüístico y profesional.
Laci, the herder speaks about why he uses iron and copper bells, how he portions the pasture and designs daily and weekly menues, how the family works together, and how he learnt and transmits this knowledge.
László Sáfián was born into a multi-generational herder family in Hungary. In this film he explains what he means under close herded grazing on a patchy, high nature value, semi-natural pasture.
We are experimenting with ways to show traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of herders in its original setting and with its original pace using slow films and herder-scientist dialogues, discussing the fine-tuned decisions the herder made on this afternoon providing some socio-ecological context as well.
The film was made by Zsolt Molnár (ethnoecologist, ELKH Center for Ecological Research, Hungary) and Sándor Karácsony (camera man and film maker).
One of our aims with this film is to motivate others to make similar narrated slow films in other socio-ecological settings to help the global-level knowledge exchange of herders and pastoralists among themselves and with ecologists, rangeland, livestock and behavioural scientists, conservationists, teachers, decision makers and the wider public.
You can also listen to the original Hungarian version of the film to get a feeling how the shepherd is speaking in his native language: • EGY DÉLUTÁN A LEGELŐN ...
Or watch a recent podcast made by Sándor Friderikusz, a well-known talk show man in Hungary with the herder (in Hungarian with English subtitles): • BEMUTATUNK EGY JUHÁSZT...
Another film about another afternoon, that time with a cattle herder (in Hungarian with English subtitles): • Egy délután a legelőn ...
And this is a media article about our friendship and knowledge co-producion: www.valaszonline.hu/2022/05/2...