Mapping Time, Space and the Body : Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematical Thinking in Brazil
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| Title: | Mapping Time, Space and the Body : Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematical Thinking in Brazil |
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| Description: | Mapping Time, Space and the Body: Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematical Thinking in Brazil brings people, land and numbers together in the fight for justice. On this extraordinary voyage through ancestral territories in central and southern Brazil, the Xavante, Suyá, Kayabi, and other local nations use mapping as a tool to protect their human rights to lands and resources they have traditionally owned and acquired. Mathematics activities inside the classroom and in everyday life help explain how Indigenous Peoples understand the cosmos and protect the living beings that helped create it. The book is a welcome contribution to a growing literature on the mathematical and scientific thinking of Indigenous Peoples around the globe. It makes mathematics alive and culturally relevant for students of all national backgrounds worldwide. |
| Authors: | Mariana Kawall Leal Ferreira |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Human rights--Brazil, Ethnomathematics--Brazil, Indigenous peoples--Brazil |
| Categories: | MATHEMATICS / Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Mapping Time, Space and the Body: Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematical Thinking in Brazil brings people, land and numbers together in the fight for justice. On this extraordinary voyage through ancestral territories in central and southern Brazil, the Xavante, Suyá, Kayabi, and other local nations use mapping as a tool to protect their human rights to lands and resources they have traditionally owned and acquired. Mathematics activities inside the classroom and in everyday life help explain how Indigenous Peoples understand the cosmos and protect the living beings that helped create it. The book is a welcome contribution to a growing literature on the mathematical and scientific thinking of Indigenous Peoples around the globe. It makes mathematics alive and culturally relevant for students of all national backgrounds worldwide. |
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| ISBN: | 9789462098640 9789462098657 9789462098664 |
