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Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics by Eric Vandendriessche, Rik Pinxten is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics about?
The book presents a series of ethnographic studies, which illustrate issues of wider importance, such as the role of cultural traditions, concepts and learning procedures in the development of formal (or mathematical) thinking outside of the western tradition. It focuses on research at the crossroads of anthropology and ethnomathematics to document indigenous mathematical knowledge and its inclusion in specific cultural patterns. More generally, the book demonstrates the heuristic value of crossing ethnographical, anthropological and ethnomathematical approaches to highlight and analyze -- or "formalize" with a pedagogical outlook -- indigenous mathematical knowledge. The book is divided into three parts. The first part extensively analyzes theoretical claims using particular ethnographic data, while revealing the structural mathematical features of different ludic, graphic, or technical/procedural practices in their links to other cultural phenomena. In the second part, new empirical studies that add data and perspectives from the body of studies on indigenous knowledge systems to the ongoing discussions in mathematics education in and for diverse cultural traditions are presented
Who reads Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Eric Vandendriessche, Rik Pinxten
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783030974824
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Mathematics, Philosophy, Science