Encontrarse, compartir, construir. Notas en torno a la práctica de la extensión universitaria con pueblos originarios

Abstract

In this article we give an account of some of the extension practices that we develop from the Permanent University Program of Research, Extension and Development in Indigenous Communities of Argentina (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires), within the framework of the Collective Observatory for Original Peoples (OCOPO), initiative of our space. And to offer some reflections about the efforts, the results and the times of this extension practice. For that, we are going to narrate some instances and references of the trajectory of our Program, but also of the development of two of the numerous meetings between indigenous communities and organizations from different parts of the country, in whose articulation and realization we collaborate. One took place in Tartagal, Salta, in 2019. The other, in Maquinchao, Rio Negro, in 2020. And the participation involved the trip of members of communities and organizations from Río Negro to Salta in 2019 and, conversely, of members of communities and organizations from Salta to Río Negro in 2020, just before the start of the restrictions forced by the pandemic.