Ethnomathematics
From Academic Kids
Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics that considers the culture in which those mathematics arise. Ethnomathematicians typically take the view that any mathematics is an artefact of a particular culture. This study contributes to the understanding of cultures, but, reciprocally, to the understanding of mathematics.
Subjects which are studied in ethnomathematics include but are not limited to:
- Numeral systems
- Architecture
- Weaving
- Games of skill and chance, which fall under
- Probability
- Drawing and design (graph theory, set theory, Eulerian path)
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See also
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Further reading
Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas by Marcia Ascher, ISBN 0412989417
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External links
- Ethnomathematics (http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/seminar/ethno.html)
