Astronomia cultural um levantamento bibliográfico dos saberes sobre o céu de culturas indígenas

Abstract

The recent field of research in cultural astronomy seeks to understand how various societies relate and build knowledge about the sky. These relationships are human constructs. Therefore, each social group produces its own interpretationfor the celestial bodies. This work tries to map the theme "knowledge about the sky" of indigenous cultures in researches in Education in Astronomy in Brazil. The results show a sheepish production, of the 217 researches found in astronomy teaching only five approach the skies of indigenous groups. Among these five publications, all of them present examples of constellations and interpretations produced by indigenous peoples about the stars, but only one of them has the knowledge about the sky of indigenous peoples as the central theme of their investigation. Other works seek to show that cultural astronomy can assist in the implementation of Law 11.645/2008 (Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture in the curriculum of basic education). In addition, although the northern region is home to the largest number of indigenous ethnic groups in Brazil, only one of these works addresses the knowledge about the sky of these Amazonian peoples. Keywords: Cultural astronomy. State of art. Indigenous peoples in Brazil.