
Mapping Time, Space and the Body
Indigenous Knowledge and Mathematical Thinking in Brazil
Mariana Kawall Leal Ferreira(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 1. January 2015
Book
Hardback
246 pages
978-94-6209-865-7 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-94-6209-865-7 (9789462098657)
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