Mapping time, space and the body
Subtitle: indigenous knowledge and mathematical thinking in Brazil
By: Mariana Kawall Leal Ferreira
Series: New Directions in Mathematics and Science Education -- volume 29; New directions in mathematics and science education -- v. 29.
Publisher: Sense Publishers; Springer
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Rotterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9789462098664; 9789462098640; 9789462098657
Subjects: Human rights; Pre-Calculus; Ethnomathematics; Reference; Indigenous peoples; MATHEMATICS; Essays
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. 'A brilliant marriage of ethnography and mathematics written with deep understanding and obvious affection for the peoples she observed.' -- James A. Wiley, Ph. D. Professor, University of California at San Francisco, USA. 'This original and beautifully illustrated book offers a vivid study of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil. The author develops theoretical approaches and research methodologies to understand the way cultural groups deal with their natural and social environments.' -- Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, Ph. D. Emeritus Professor, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil. 'Mapping Time, Space and the Body is destined to create new and enlightened research in Ethnomathematics. It is an essential read for all of us working with culture and social justice in the realm of mathematics.' -- Daniel Clark Orey, Ph. D. Professor, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Emeritus Professor, California State University, Sacramento, USA. Cover photo by Mariana K. Leal Ferreira, 1998: Romdó Suyá, ceremonial leader of the Suyá people in the Xingu Indigenous Park."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: the Xingu Indigenous Park in Central Brazil; title: WHEN 1 + 1 &#x2260; 2: Making mathematics in Central Brazil; title: Shamanic map-making in the Brazilian Amazon: The Suyá people of the Xingu Indegenous Park; title: Part II: The land-without-evil in Southern Brazil; title: Tupi-Guarani apocalyptic visions of time and the body; title: Map-making in Southern Brazil: Self-determination and indigenous peoples' rights; title: Part III: People and numbers in Xavante Land, Central Brazil; title: The two of us together: Xavante mathematics in Central Brazil today; title: The color red: Mapping flowers and fruits in the Brazilian Savannah; title: Epilogue: Successes of indigenous mathematics education.