Techniques and Learning Processes of Craftswomen in Brazil

Fantinato, Maria Cecilia; Mafra, José Ricardo e Souza

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59220-6_4

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“…Many have also acknowledged the interplay of power and culture in the areas where they do their ethnomathematics research. For example, the works of Gelsa Knijnik (2002), Maria Cecilia Fantinato and Sousa (2016), Charoula Stathopoulou (2016) and Aldo Parra (2017), to name but a few, are informed by the need to acknowledge the dynamics of power and culture, and thus the necessity to use a critical concept of culture away from the anthropological one.…”

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confidence: 99%

Beyond songs and dances: Ethnomathematics and the challenge of culture

Alangui¹

2020

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In this paper, I discuss the pitfalls of the anthropological notion of culture when used in the field of ethnomathematics, and use Dowling’s myth of reference and myth of emancipation to show how these are linked to what I refer to as the dual dangers – the dangers of decontextualization and knowledge colonization in the field of ethnomathematics. I argue that these two dangers arise from a naïve approach to ethnomathematics research that is informed by the anthropological notion of culture. The paper provides some examples from the Philippines and one from New Zealand on how these dual dangers may manifest while pursuing studies in ethnomathematics and programs for culturally relevant mathematics education.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%