Book review: “From Ethnomathematics to art-design matrices and cyclic matrices” – Paulus Gerdes – Ed. UNESP, 2010

dc.date	2010-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:32:25Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:32:25Z
dc.identifier	2011-5474
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8108576e0cf44ca19c04d284635ce47a
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/31179
dc.description	In this review, we present the ethnomathematics investigations undertaken in the last three decades by Paulus Gerdes, a Mozambique mathematics educator. The author presents a variety of discussions with several examples that explains the relationship of mathematics to human activities. We present, among other things, the cyclic matrices and its interrelationships with the African cultural contexts, undoing the erroneous impression that mathematics can be seen disconnected from the feature, which makes the individuals in their socio-cultural environments. Gerdes shows us that there's mathematics in different cultures and this helps us to realize the beauty of the symmetries and patterns, in addition to allowing depth between mathematics and human actions in the art.
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	English
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.publisher	Red Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática
dc.relation	http://www.etnomatematica.org/v3-n2-agosto2010/kistemann.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2011-5474
dc.source	Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática, Vol 3, Iss 2, Pp 55-58 (2010)
dc.subject	Art-design
dc.subject	Ethnomathematics
dc.subject	Cyclical Matrices
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics
dc.subject	DOAJ:Mathematics and Statistics
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Book review: “From Ethnomathematics to art-design matrices and cyclic matrices” – Paulus Gerdes – Ed. UNESP, 2010
dc.type	article