In a day that combined art and science in a Ramsar site in San Luis, more than 40 visitors were able to tour the protected natural area and learn about environmental issues.
They learned about the azudes (that is, hydraulic constructions placed in rivers or streams to divert part of the water flow) of Lagunas de Guanacache, Desaguadero, and del Bebedero.
Art and Science Day at a Ramsar Site
The meeting, which sought to merge art with scientific and popular knowledge, was held with the aim of raising awareness in the community with historical data on the environmental value of the natural space that contains unique characteristics about the local flora and fauna.
The tourism and learning day in San Luis. (Photos: press).
The artistic day also addressed the particularities of the confluence of the two rivers of the Ramsar site “Jarilla and Desaguadero”. In addition, about the typical vegetation of the region, where espinillos, chañares, and some breas are abundant, recognizable by their green trunks.
“Each natural space contains ancestral knowledge and scientific studies that are essential to raise awareness in society about its ecological value,” said Silvina Liz Spagnotto, a researcher at CONICET and member of the Cuerpos de Agua en Red group.
“Art is a bridge that can connect these concepts, bring the public closer to different disciplines, and give rise to another language through the creation of artistic interventions,” she added.
The scientist was one of the promoters of the activity, along with the international organization “Bitácora de Aguas.” Also, the local group “Cuerpos en Red” collaborated.
This international organization will also share at the end of this month the drawings and artistic interventions that were carried out through their social media.
Where the day took place.
“Bitácora de Aguas”: its history and network work
With over 10 years of experience, the organization “invites you to connect with the
waters that inhabit the territories and celebrate the cycles with them.”
The space that promotes encounters between people and the environment encourages them to create and take ownership of a sensitive, critical, and experimental perspective, with new ways of recording-mapping the reality of the waters.
They also seek to invite people to live and rethink the knowledge that circulates,
through dialogue and situated care.
What is a Ramsar Site
A Ramsar site is a wetland designated as of “international importance.”
The Ramsar site in San Luis.
This is how the Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention in Gland, Switzerland, classifies them. They are designated based on the Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance.
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