A sociocultural approach to mathematical knowledge and its relations with shipbuilding in the Amazon

Abstract

The work in question approaches mathematical knowledge and its relations with shipbuilding  in the Amazon, evidencing the sociocultural practices of artisanal naval carpenters of the Lower Tocantins Mesoregion/PA, based on the consequences of the implementation of large government projects in the practices of these professionals, such as the construction of the Tucuruí Hydroelectric Power Plant (UHT),  as well as the development of cities and population growth. It aims to present some studies that deal with mathematical knowledge and its relations with artisanal naval carpentry. It makes relations of sociocultural practices with an Ethnomathematical approach, based on authors such as: D'Ambrosio (2005), Mendes and Farias (2014), Knijnik (1993), among others. It was found that mathematical knowledge and other so-called scientific knowledge are acquired through learning from older carpenters and also through mistakes and successes in daily practice. The little school knowledge they have does not interfere with the making of the boats. However, the sociocultural practices of these subjects, as well as mathematical knowledge, are few or not used in the context of school mathematics.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/uniknowindevolp-089