Navegando Nos Estaleiros Da Carpintaria Naval De Abaetetuba, Pará

This study deals with Ethnomathematics as a cultural instrument in the practice of naval carpentry in shipyards in the municipality of Abaetetuba/PA, the location of the investigation, and its general objective was: To investigate the mathematical knowledge used in naval carpentry practices employed in the municipality of Abaetetuba, Pará. It is a qualitative field research. During the research, the presence of characteristic elements of geometry was identified among other mathematical contents and an approximation of the mathematical know-how that ship carpenters have with Mathematics learned in a school environment and the connection of this science with other areas of knowledge. Furthermore, it was observed that the mathematical knowledge used in the craft of naval carpentry comes from the cultural practices they produce, that is, ethnomathematical, generated and disseminated within the culture itself, and also from ancestral inheritances. This study also sought to investigate how the school space, especially the EJAI public, can use ethnomathematics as an important tool to dialogue with the teaching of systematized mathematics

Carpentry · Craft · Curriculum · Ethnomathematics · Shipyard · History of Colonial Brazil · History of Education Research in Brazil · Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil