How Does Cigugur Indigenous People Using Calculations to Determine Good Day to Build Houses
EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021, 17(2), em1939 ISSN:1305-8223 (online) OPEN ACCESS Research Paper https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9673 Exploring Ethnomathematics with Ethnomodeling Methodological Approach: How Does Cigugur Indigenous People Using Calculations to Determine Good Day to Build Houses Uba Umbara 1,2*, Wahyudin Wahyudin 2, Sufyani Prabawanto 2 1 Department of Mathematics Education, STKIP Muhammadiyah Kuningan, Kuningan, INDONESIA 2 Department of Mathematics Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, INDONESIA Received 25 March 2020 ▪ Accepted 10 January 2021 Abstract This article discusses Cigugur indigenous communities’ custom in carrying out calculation practices to determine the best time to start house construction activities. The realist ethnography approach was used in this study through exploratory research. The ethnomathematics design adopted four elements: generic questions, initial answers, critical constructs, and specific activities. Ethnomodelling was used to translate cultural mathematics ideas into academic mathematics through ethical, emic, and dialogical approaches. Based on ethnomathematics, the community practices the dimensions of necessary universal mathematical activities, such as counting, placing, and explaining. Based on ethnomodeling, mathematical ideas and practices carried out are relevant to the concepts of enumeration, integer operations, sets, relations, congruence, and modulo. The study results recommend the importance of ethnomodelling as a methodological
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