Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures

Elder Albert Marshal of the Mi’kmaw Nation describes “two-eyed seeing” as the ability to see with the strength of Indigenous knowledge from one eye while seeing with the strength of Western knowledge from the other. This dual perspective can be applied to many aspects of life, including mathematics....

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Main Author: Jungic, Veselin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Western Libraries, University of Western Ontario 2022
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description Elder Albert Marshal of the Mi’kmaw Nation describes “two-eyed seeing” as the ability to see with the strength of Indigenous knowledge from one eye while seeing with the strength of Western knowledge from the other. This dual perspective can be applied to many aspects of life, including mathematics. In this article, through a series of examples, I will explore the concept of “two-eyed seeing” related to traditional knowledge and mathematical knowledge.
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spelling ftunivwontaojs:oai:ojs.uwo.ca:article/15186 2025-01-16T23:06:14+00:00 Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures Jungic, Veselin 2022-09-05 application/pdf https://mapletransactions.org/index.php/maple/article/view/15186 eng eng Western Libraries, University of Western Ontario https://mapletransactions.org/index.php/maple/article/view/15186/11873 https://mapletransactions.org/index.php/maple/article/view/15186 Copyright (c) 2022 Veselin Jungic https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 CC-BY-NC-SA Maple Transactions; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022): Proceedings of the Maple Conference 2021 2564-3029 Traditional knowledge mathematical knowledge ethnomathematics two-eyed seeing info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Featured Contributions 2022 ftunivwontaojs 2023-02-05T19:19:51Z Elder Albert Marshal of the Mi’kmaw Nation describes “two-eyed seeing” as the ability to see with the strength of Indigenous knowledge from one eye while seeing with the strength of Western knowledge from the other. This dual perspective can be applied to many aspects of life, including mathematics. In this article, through a series of examples, I will explore the concept of “two-eyed seeing” related to traditional knowledge and mathematical knowledge. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mi’kmaw Western Libraries OJS
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mathematical knowledge
ethnomathematics
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Jungic, Veselin
Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures
title Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures
title_full Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures
title_fullStr Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures
title_full_unstemmed Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures
title_short Two-Eyed Seeing: Mathematics and Indigenous Traditions and Cultures
title_sort two-eyed seeing: mathematics and indigenous traditions and cultures
topic Traditional knowledge
mathematical knowledge
ethnomathematics
two-eyed seeing
topic_facet Traditional knowledge
mathematical knowledge
ethnomathematics
two-eyed seeing
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