Ethnomathematics in the Meto Tribe Tradition of Corn Binding

Malkisedek Taneo, Aleksius Madu

Abstract


The role of culture in a group of people cannot be separated from the evolving and interrelated mathematical concepts contained within the culture itself. But academic math learning in formal schools makes mathematics taught directly in abstract formulas and structures and away from the culture around students. The study aims to illustrate the ethnomathematics that exist in the tradition of binding corn in the Meto culture in South Central Timor regency. This study uses ethnographic methods. The process of extracting ethnomathematics in Meto culture is carried out through the process of literature studies, observations, and interviews with Tokog or members of the Meto tribe.  The information obtained was then analyzed to describe the results of exploration of ethnomathematics in the tradition of binding corn in the Meto culture. The results of this study show that the Meto tribe has used and developed their own mathematics in the tradition of binding corn. Some of the mathematical concepts found in the tradition are the concept of counting numbers and the concept of geometry. The results of this study are expected to be used as a context in the learning of mathematics in schools around the Meto tribe. So that students can easily learn mathematics from their own culture that is close to their daily lives.

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Ethnomathematics; Binding Corn Tradition; Meto Tribe; Ethnography

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