As part of the Faculty of Science Dean’s Seminar Series, Kori Czuy, PhD Candidate from the University of Calgary, Werklund School of Education, will speak on the relationship between mathematics and culture from an Indigenous perspective.
Her presentation, titled “(Re)weaving frayed connections: the depth of science and mathematics knowings within Indigenous stories” will explore the journey towards ethnomathematics through Indigenous ways of knowing. Ethnomathematics makes space to reconnect the human with mathematics. This is a relationship that requires a reconnect after being lost or overlooked when imperialism and colonialism promoted a mathematics that prioritized the abstract and focused on learning and truth as acquired through generalization and categorization.
Czuy uses story as a way to reignite lost connections between humans, the land, community, and mathematics. Her research brings together students with Elders and community to experience the depth of knowledge within stories of land and culture, creating more relatable and holistic connections to the math and science that surrounds us all.
Wed, Nov 28
1-2 pm
Abby B101
https://blogs.ufv.ca/science/2018/10/18/faculty-of-science-deans-seminar-series-presents-kori-czuy/
For more information, contact Caroline Majeau at caroline.majeau@ufv.ca
11/29/2018