Etnomatemáticas dos agricultores da comunidade Bonito (Amarante-PI) no cálculo de áreas na produção de arroz

Abstract

Mathematics is often seen as a complex discipline and disconnected from reality. This research arises in order to contextualize the teaching of mathematics, bringing Ethnomathematics as a source of research and teaching, considering a new approach for the Middle Parnaíba Piauiense region, in view of the following question: How the farmers of the Bonito community, in Amarante (PI), build and apply ethnomathematical knowledge in rice cultivation, based on the calculation of areas? The theme was chosen due to our familiarity with Ethnomathematics, proximity to the experience in the field and the need to value mathematical knowledge implicit in the practices and knowledge of family farmers. We thus delimited the theme: Ethnomathematics of family farmers in the Bonito community in Amarante (PI) applied to the calculation of area in rice production. The general objective is to understand the process of construction of the ethnomatmatic knowledge of family farmers in the Bonito community in Amarante (PI) applied to the calculation of areas and estimates for rice production. The study was based on the history of units of measurement of length and area and their relevance to textbooks, Ethnomathematics and the cycle of knowledge, ethnomodeling and ethnomodels. The qualitative approach methodology included an exploratory bibliographic research, semi-structured interview and natural participant observation, which led to the identification of the artifacts, mindfacts and sociofacts present in family farming, in addition to revealing how they operate with emic ethnomodels in rice production