Author: Paulus Gerdes
ISBN No: 1-919799-27-3
Cost: 28.50
After some preliminary remarks on mathematical knowledge production and ethnomathematics, some early evidence of cultural activities with mathematical aspects and a short overview (counting and numeration systems, calculation games, algebraic algorithms in divination, geometrical explorations) are presented, followed by a few examples of the production of geometric-mathematical knowledge embedded in the Tonga decorated bag weaving (southern Mozambique), the Yombe weaved decorated mats (Lower Congo area), the Sotho mural decoration (Lesotho, South Africa), and the sand drawing (Eastern Angola) traditions.
ISBN No: 1-919799-27-3
Cost: 28.50
After some preliminary remarks on mathematical knowledge production and ethnomathematics, some early evidence of cultural activities with mathematical aspects and a short overview (counting and numeration systems, calculation games, algebraic algorithms in divination, geometrical explorations) are presented, followed by a few examples of the production of geometric-mathematical knowledge embedded in the Tonga decorated bag weaving (southern Mozambique), the Yombe weaved decorated mats (Lower Congo area), the Sotho mural decoration (Lesotho, South Africa), and the sand drawing (Eastern Angola) traditions.
