Ethnomathematics exploration on units and calculus within a village farmer community

• Published in: Journal of physics. Conference series 2019-03, Vol.1188 (1), p.12104
• Main Authors: Suprayo, T, Noto, M S, Subroto, T
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Culture; Indigenous peoples; Learning; Mathematical analysis; Mathematics; Qualitative analysis; Rural communities; Units of measurement; Villages
• ISSN: 1742-6588; 1742-6596
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1188/1/012104

Ethnomathematics is the study of specific patterns or certain colours of mathematics that live and develop in society. Ethnomathematics is mathematics that arises or is used by cultural groups, such as urban and rural communities, labor groups, children of a certain age, indigenous peoples, and others. Agriculture is a culture as well as the livelihood of most Indonesian people, especially the Suranenggala Kidul Village Community of Cirebon. In farming activities, there are mathematical terms used, ranging from units of measurement, concepts of sequence and series, concepts of algebra, geometry, and calculus concepts. This study aims to show the relationship between culture and mathematics that can be used as a learning approach in school and included in the type of qualitative ethnographic method research. Research data is obtained by the process of observation, interviews, and documentation. Based on the results of preliminary observations indicate that the community activities of the Suranenggala Kidul Village village of Cirebon contain mathematical elements in the form of a specific unit such as length unit, area unit, and volume unit, as well as high-level mathematics that can be used as a media or approach in learning mathematics in schools. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate further the ethnomathematics of peasant communities in Cirebon regency primarily in the Suranenggala Kidul area.