Experiences of extension and dissemination of ethnoastronomy with Guarani women from the north of Salta, Argentina

Abstract

This article narrates the experience of extension and linkage carried out between the National University of Salta (UNSa-Argentina) and an organization of indigenous women from the north of the province of the same name, of the original Guarani people. From a project referred to the dissemination of ethnoastronomy, it is proposed to investigate this field little investigated in the native communities of the province, likewise the territorial interventions carried out by the university in the accompaniment of this indigenous organization are described. the processes of methodological construction of self-education practices that emerge in the dialogue in the territory, as well as the form of collaborative work materialized in a booklet for the dissemination of the ethnoastronomy of the Guarani people. We worked from a relational perspective, linking the content of a popularized myth such as that of the "twins or chovakiri", with a deity from Guarani mythology such as Yaguarogui (blue tiger that lives on the moon), and with women of the Yaguarogui Organization