• CARMA COLLOQUIUM
  • Speaker: Prof. Veselin Jungic, Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University
  • Title: Two-Eyed Seeing: Indigenous Cultures and Mathematics
  • Location: Room SR118, SR Building (and online via Zoom) (Callaghan Campus) The University of Newcastle
  • Time and Date: 4:00 pm, Thu, 6th May 2021
  • Join via Zoom, or join us in person (max room capacity is 9 people).

    3:30pm for pre-talk drinks + snacks, and 4pm for the talk

  • Abstract:

    In this presentation, I will give an overview of the Ubiratan D'Ambrosio's concept of ethnomathematics and Elder Albert Marshal's concept of “two-eyed seeing.” I will address some of the dynamics between these two concepts and illustrate them with several examples that will include a brief analysis of geometry evident in a traditional Haida hat currently on display at the SFU Museum of Anthropology and the work of contemporary Salish artist Dylan Thomas.

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