24.1594, Books: Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas: Saxe
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Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2013 11:57:37
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas: Saxe
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Title: Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas
Subtitle: Papua New Guinea Studies
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
http://us.cambridge.org
Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item6637873/Cultural%20Development%20of%20Mathematical%20Ideas/?site_locale=en_US
Author: Geoffrey Saxe
: ISBN: 9780521761666 Pages: 393 Price: U.S. $ 99.00
Abstract:
Drawing upon field studies conducted in 1978, 1980, and 2001 with the
Oksapmin, a remote Papua New Guinea group, Geoffrey B. Saxe traces the
emergence of new forms of numerical representations and ideas in the social
history of the community. In traditional life, the Oksapmin used a counting
system that makes use of twenty-seven parts of the body; there is no evidence
that the group used arithmetic in prehistory. As practices of economic
exchange and schooling have shifted, children and adults unwittingly
reproduced and altered the system in order to solve new kinds of numerical and
arithmetical problems, a process that has led to new forms of collective
representations in the community. While Dr. Saxe's focus is on the Oksapmin,
the insights and general framework he provides are useful for understanding
shifting representational forms and emerging cognitive functions in any human
community.
Video and visual supports for the book, the Cultural Development of
Mathematical Ideas: Papua New Guinea Studies, which are key to a deeper
understanding of this ground-breaking project are available online at
http://www.culturecognition.com
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
Historical Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): Oksapmin (opm)
Written In: English (eng)
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