Mapping time, space and the body : Indigenous knowledge and mathematical thinking in Brazil /

"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 n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferreira, Mariana K. Leal (Mariana Kawall Leal) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rotterdam : Sense Publishers, [2015]
Colección:New directions in mathematics and science education ; v. 29.
Temas:
Ethnomathematics > Brazil.
Indigenous peoples > Brazil.
Human rights > Brazil.
Ethnomathématiques > Brésil.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Brésil.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
Ethnomathematics
Human rights
Indigenous peoples
Brazil
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: the Xingu Indigenous Park in Central Brazil
  • WHEN 1 + 1 ≠ 2: Making mathematics in Central Brazil
  • Shamanic map-making in the Brazilian Amazon: The Suyá people of the Xingu Indegenous Park
  • Part II: The land-without-evil in Southern Brazil
  • Tupi-Guarani apocalyptic visions of time and the body
  • Map-making in Southern Brazil: Self-determination and Indigenous peoples' rights
  • Part III: People and numbers in Xavante Land, Central Brazil
  • The two of us together: Xavante mathematics in Central Brazil today
  • The color red: Mapping flowers and fruits in the Brazilian Savannah
  • Epilogue: Successes of Indigenous mathematics education.

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