Ethnomathematics: Graph of Architecture Masjid Agung Kediri

Abstract

This study aims to explore and identify the objects of architecture and ornaments Masjid Agung Kediri. In this study, the researcher used qualitative research with an ethnography approach. The instrument of this research is human instruments. The researcher is a primary instrument. As qualitative research with an ethnographic approach, the instrument of this study is the human instrument, the researcher as a primary instrument that can not be changed to someone else. The result of this research indicates that the shape, architecture, and ornaments Masjid Agung Kediri have ethnomathematics connecting with graph concept, such as mosque pillars contains line graph concept denoted by 𝑃 , prominent buttress contain cycle graph concept denoted by 𝐶 , ceiling contains cycle graph concept denoted by 𝐶 , ornaments contain wheel graph concept denoted by 𝑊 , decorative lights with three levels contain star graph concept in the first level denoted by 𝑆 , the second level denoted by 𝑆 , and the third level denoted by 𝑆 .

A culture-based development of mathematics learning: A case on the Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque of Surabaya

“…Many researchers have conducted studies on mathematical elements in mosques, such as ethnomathematical research at the Great Mosque of Demak (Radiusman et al, 2021), the Great Mosque of Pondok Tinggi in Sungai Penuh City (Patri & Heswari, 2021), the Great Jami' Mosque of Malang (Asnawi et al, 2022), Soko Tunggal Mosque in Yogyakarta (Putra et al, 2020), the Old Mosque of Tosora (Kastolani, 2021), the Great Mosque of Bandung (Purniati et al, 2021), the Great Mosque of Kediri (Susanti et al, 2022), the Jami' Mosque of Jingah River (Fajriah & Suryaningsih, 2021), the Raudhatus Sa'adah Mosque in Bengkulu (Friansah & Yanto, 2020), Al-Khalid Mosque of Kediri (Ilmiyah, Rofiqoh, et al, 2020), and the Great Mosque of Cimahi (Purniati et al, 2020). We can find mathematical concepts in these mosques' architecture and ornaments like the concept of plane geometry, solid geometry, transformational geometry, graph theory, and others.…”