A Woodcutter's Story: Perceptions and Uses of Mathematics on the San Carlos Apache Reservation

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AUTOR(ES) Philip J. Stevens
AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) University of Idaho
ANO 2021
TIPO Artigo
PERIÓDICO Anthropology and Education Quarterly
ISSN 0161-7761
E-ISSN 1548-1492
EDITORA Wiley-Blackwell
DOI 10.1111/aeq.12399
CITAÇÕES 2
ADICIONADO EM 2025-08-18

Resumo

This article introduces the term Apache mathematics to define mathematics used by Apache people. Using ethnographic, autoethnographic, and qualitative interviews, the author highlights the cultural production of mathematics in the San Carlos Apache community, contrasting hegemonic Eurocentric claims to mathematics. Findings contributes Apache perspectives on the cultural uses of mathematics, as strength and intelligence central for shifting school‐based pedagogy meted to Apache students in current contexts of gross educational inequities.

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