Ethnomathematics: Exploration in Javanese culture

This research is the exploration study to indicate the correlation between mathematics and Javanese culture. These studies have a purpose of exploring Javanese culture in Yogyakarta that contains mathematics concept namely Batik. The activity of society in making Batik in all regency at Yogyakarta i...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2017-12, Vol.943 (1), p.12032
Main Authors: Risdiyanti, Irma, Indra Prahmana, Rully Charitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Culture
Ethnography
Exploration
Mathematical analysis
Mathematics
Physics
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Summary:This research is the exploration study to indicate the correlation between mathematics and Javanese culture. These studies have a purpose of exploring Javanese culture in Yogyakarta that contains mathematics concept namely Batik. The activity of society in making Batik in all regency at Yogyakarta is the focus of this study. The research use ethnography method. The technic to collection data uses principles in ethnography such as observation, interview, documentation, and field note making with the original ethnography description. The result is exploration ethnomathematics in the several motifs of Yogyakarta batik that contains philosophy, deep cultural value, and mathematics concept, especially geometry transform subject.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/943/1/012032