State of the art on the ancestral planting of the “junco” (gynerium sagittatum) and the weaving of baskets oriented towards environmental education in the care of mother earth.

Abstract

This article is the result of a research work that is in process of development and makes special emphasis on the state of the art and the theories that support it, taking into account the philosophy of Andean thought of indigenous peoples. Its objective is to determine how the ancestral planting of the reed (Gynerium Sagittatum) and the weaving of baskets, contributes to environmental education in the children of the indigenous community Quillasinga de Jenoy and from there to contribute to the care of mother earth, especially the care of water. For this purpose, techniques such as direct observation, conversation and minga of thought supported by oral tradition, whose characteristics are part of the community's customs, are used.

In this way, it is expected that the results of this work will make it possible to contribute to environmental education taking into account the cultural identity of the community, starting from early ages as in the case of the children of the Genoy cabildo and in this sense to rescue the knowledge possessed by the elders as well as their experiences throughout life, so that the relationship of man with mother earth and everything that lives around him is mediated by harmonization under the principles of reciprocity and complementarity as expressed by some theoreticians.