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Accepted Paper:

Ethnomodeling as an anthropological research concept on ethnomathematics and mathematical modeling  
Milton Rosa (UFOP) Daniel Orey (Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto)

Paper short abstract:

Using mathematics encountered outside of the school is considered constructive in developing the process of modeling rather than as a mere manipulations of ideas and procedures. The application of techniques in ethnomathematics along with the tools of modeling allows us to see a different reality and gives us insight into a holistic mathematics.

Paper long abstract:

Using the mathematics encountered outside of the school can be considered constructive in developing the process of modeling rather than as a mere manipulations of ideas, concepts, and procedures. The application of techniques in ethnomathematics along with the tools of modeling allows us to see a different reality and gives us insight into a holistic mathematics. In this perspective, we believe that the pedagogical approach that connects cultural aspects of mathematics with its academic aspects is named ethnomodeling, a process of translation and elaboration of problems and questions taken from systems that are part and parcel of a reality for any given cultural group.

In so doing, we propose an alternative goal for research, which is the acquisition of both anthropological concepts emic and etic knowledge for the implementation of ethnomodeling in the mathematics school curriculum. Emic knowledge is essential for an intuitive and empathic understanding of mathematical ideas of a culture and it is essential for conducting effective ethnographic fieldwork. Etic knowledge, on the other hand, is essential for cross-cultural comparison, the essential components of ethnology, because such comparison necessarily demands standard units and categories. We also offer a third perspective on ethnomodeling research, which is the dialectical approach, which makes use of both emic and etic knowledge and understandings through the processes of dialogue. Finally, we define ethnomodeling as the study of mathematical phenomena within a culture because it is a social construction and is culturally bound.

Panel P04
Multimathemacy: an anthropology of mathematical literacy
  Session 1