Inhabiting the body and cohabiting the gathering. Stories about an extensionist experience with women in the city of Córdoba (Argentina)

Abstract

This article presents part of the extension project entitled “Recognizing and building meeting spaces among women from the point of view of body diversity, gender, sexualities and the contributions of feminisms.” It was conducted together with women who attended the Community Center of Deán Funes neighborhood, located southeast of the city of Córdoba, within the framework of a university extension grant awarded by the Secretariat of University Extension of the National University of Córdoba in 2023. Its main objective was to facilitate meeting spaces for women, which were experienced as safe, where they could share their everyday experiences, as well as promote trust and collective care. The initiative was built horizontally together with the female leaders of the entity and aimed to the creation of participatory workshops through the use of languages such as cartography, writing and collage. The issues addressed revolved around body and gender as situated categories, together with a shared need to reflect on the neighborhood space as a meeting place.