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Perkuliahan Terakhir Ethnomathematics: Bagaimana Kita Sebagai Mahasiswa Researcher II



Ethnomathematics terdiri dari dua unsur kata, yaitu ethno dan mathematics. Mathematics adalah matematika itu sendiri. Ethno terkait dengan ethnicity.

Ethnomathematics dilihat dari struktur bahasanya belum terarah pada pendidikan, walaupun ethnomathematics dikembangkan oleh orang dari bidang pendidikan. Ethnomathematics bersifat netral, bisa dikaji pada bidang pendidikan maupun non-pendidikan. Artinya matematika salam sejarahnya tumbuh dari peradaban manusia. Selama masih ada manusia maka selama itu pula matematika ada dan berkembang.
Ethnomathematics dalam konteks sejarah artinya adalah ethnomathematics masa sekarang dan masa lampau. Maka dari itu ethnomathematics mengandung unsur masyarakat, sejarah, dan matematika. Masyarakat dalam sejarahnya memiliki pemikiran-pemikiran yang menjadi dasar pengembangan matematika murni. Dalam sejarahnya matematika dipelajari mulai dari jaman Mesopomam, Babilonia, Mesir, Yunani, masa Pertengahan, hingga kini. Jika ethnomathematics terikat dengan sejarah, maka orang-orang yang mempelajari matematika murni dalam konteks bukan pendidikan bisa menggunakan ethnomathematins untuk mendapatkan inspirasi dalam mengembangkan matematika.
Kemudian dari referensi-referensi yang ada bisa kita lihat kriteria-kriteria apa saja yang tergolong ethnomathematics. Bisa lambang, sesuatu yang tertulis, artefak, nilai-nilai yang ada di matematika, tata cara budaya, dan seterusnya. Pertanyaannya: apakah ethnomathematics adalah ilmu? Pertanyaan ini sama seperti pertanyaan Imanuel Kant: apakah matematika adalah ilmu?, apakah biologi adalah ilmu?, apakah fisika adalah ilmu?


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