Anthropology 133S - Ethnomathematics and Anthropology of Numeration

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University of California-Los Angeles

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Description:

Lecture, three hours. Counting systems such as one, two, three, many or modern equivalent of one, two, three, infinity are widespread in human societies. Counting things is important part of everyday life. But indigenous thinking goes far beyond pragmatics of counting, and conceptual systems underlying counting are integrated with concepts people have about themselves and their societies. Numeracy is product of social life and not just reflection of one's experience with physical world. Exploration of different ways that indigenous mathematical thinking is embedded in human societies and cultures, ranging from use of fractals in African art to algebra of kinship terminologies to cosmological systems formulated around concepts of numbers. P/NP or letter grading.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ucla.edu/

Phone Number:

(310) 825-4321

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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