Ethnomathematics

Abstract

In 1985, D'Ambrosio wrote his seminal paper "Ethnomathematics and its place in the history and pedagogy of mathematics" (also cf. Pike, Language in relation to a unified theory of the structure of human behaviour. Mouton, 1967). Completely unaware that Fettweis had coined the word in the 1930s (Rohrer and Schubring, Learn Math 31(2):35-39, 2011), D'Ambrosio had initiated a program that has a global presence today. Scholars from around the globe are engaged in ethnomathematical research and this community has organized the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics (ISGEm) which hosts a global meeting every 4 years. The scholars represented in this section provide a valuable insight into a selection of ongoing ethnomathematical research.