Naming, classifying and experiencing the sky: reflections from South American ethnoastronomy

LÓPEZ, ALEJANDRO MARTÍN

Jena

Congreso; The Artificial Sky - Data Management for Naming, Explaining and Simulating the Heavens; 2023

Friedrich Schiller University

This work proposes a reflection on the ways of naming and classifying in the context of oral traditions. By analyzing the case of the Moqoit of Chaco and with an ethno-astronomical perspective, we hope to contribute to clarifying the diversity of forms of celestial toponymy. This is crucial to designing an institutional strategy regarding star nomination that can be culturally respectful.