Engaging With Cultural Aspects Of Mathematics: A Reflection On Ethnomathematics

DefinitionsIn the absence of any concrete and unanimously accepted definition of mathematics, it can broadly be understood as a science of quantity, space, and numbers, either as abstract concepts, i.e. pure mathematics, or as applied to other areas of studies such as engineering or physics, i.e. applied mathematics (Schoenfeld, 2009). D’Ambrosio (2001) described mathematics as a medium of communicating ideas of number, space and time betw…