FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON ETHNOMATHEMATICS (ICEM-4)
TOWSON, MARYLAND, USA
JULY 25-30, 2010
DETAILED TIMETABLE
(with titles and names of speakers for all presented papers) or brief timetable
ICEM-4 was held July 25-30, 2010. Here is the brief TIMETABLE of the conference and the DETAILED TIMETABLE (with titles and speakers for all the presentations) Briefly, the conference began on July 25 with an opening reception. Academic and cultural presentations were on July 26-29. On July 30, the group to a day-long excursion to Washington DC. Click here for photos, PowerPoints of presentations, and videos of the plenary sessions.
The Chief Organizer was Lawrence Shirley, and his institution, Towson University, in Towson, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore, was the location of the sessions. The local sponsors of the conference were the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics and the Department of Mathematics. The regional organizational host was the North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics (NASGEm), assisted by the Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Please send any queries or comments about ICEM-4 to Lawrence Shirley at LShirley@towson.edu or phone +1-410-704-3500
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(links were checked 15 July 2010--if you find a faulty link, please report it to LShirley@towson.edu
BRIEF SCHEDULE (click here for the DETAILED TIMETABLE --with titles and speakers of all presented papers)
(approximate times) |
SUNDAY |
MONDAY |
TUESDAY |
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9-10:30 |
ARRIVAL |
OFFICIAL OPENING and WELCOME |
PLENARY: Kay Owens (Australia) |
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11-1 |
PAPERS |
PAPERS |
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1-2 |
Multicultural Buffet |
Picnic Lunch at Banneker House |
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2-5 |
CHECK IN AT PLACE OF ACCOMMODATION |
PAPERS |
CULTURAL ACTIVITY: |
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4-5:30 |
CONFERENCE CHECK-IN |
POSTERS:
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visit to Baltimore Inner Harbor |
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6-8 |
WELCOMING RECEPTION (with two art exhibitions) in the atrium of the Center for the Arts |
Dinner: participants are on their own: Towson and Baltimore restaurant information will be made available |
(approximate times) |
WEDNESDAY |
THURSDAY |
FRIDAY |
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9-10 |
PLENARY: Ron Eglash (United States) |
PLENARY: Rik Pinxten (Belgium) |
TRIP TO WASHINGTON |
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11-1 |
PAPERS and European panel (Xaroula Stathopoulou) |
PRESENTATIONS |
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1-2 |
Buffet Lunch |
Maryland-style
buffet luncheon and
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2-4 |
PAPERS and |
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| Spanish-language panel (Maria Luisa Oliveras) | |||
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4-5:30 |
poster presentations |
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EVENING |
Dinner: participants are on their own: Towson and Baltimore restaurant information will be made available |
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(click for posters)
Please, write your paper with attention to one or more of the following questions:
1. What evidence is there, and how do we get more, that school programs incorporating ethnomathematical ideas succeed in achieving their aims for the mathematical education of learners and of their ethnomathematical aims?
2. What are the implications of existing ethnomathematical studies for
mathematics and mathematics education?
3. What is the relationship between Ethnomathematics and Multicultural
Mathematics and between Ethnomathematics and Social Aspects of Mathematics
Education.
4. How have the developments in Indigenous knowledge throughout the world
affected or influenced ethnomathematical research.
5. Ubi D’Ambrosio and his disciples advocate that Ethnomathematics offers
opportunities for teaching and learning mathematics that promote a world agenda
for increasing the prospects of peace and diminishing the prospects of war and
conflict? To what extent does consensus exist for this perspective? Why?
6. What are the implications of existing ethnomathematics for the study of
anthropology?
7. Ethnomathematics can be defined both broadly and narrowly. How do these broad versus narrow definitions influence/impact the ways in which ethnomathematics is incorporated into formal educational settings?
The language of the papers is English and papers that are accepted will done using the APA style.
Poster sessions are an effective forum for the exchange of information and a means to communicate ideas, research, and programs.
Poster sessions may present any of the following:
• A description of an innovative culturally relevant instructional activity appropriate for classroom application (at any level)
• A presentation depicting a culturally responsive professional development technique for inservice teachers
• A report of an ethnomathematical research study
• A description illustrating the use of mathematics in a diverse culture or community
Directions for Submission: Please submit a description of the proposed poster presentation ( no more than 500 words) to icem4submission@gmail.com. (In your subject line please type Poster Submission) Proposals should describe a brief summary of the posters content and intended learning outcomes for attendees. A very brief description of the poster’s graphics, pictures, data, graphs, and/or diagrams will be helpful in the review of the proposals.
Poster session participants may place materials such as pictures, data,
graphs, diagrams and narrative text on boards no larger than 4' x 8'. Posters
will be on display for the entire day to which they are assigned. Participants
are responsible for set up and removal. During the assigned day, participants
may informally share and discuss their presentations with conference attendees.
Poster sessions are not to include product advertisements, vendor displays, etc. If you are unsure if your proposal qualifies, please e-mail Jim Barta, Chair of the Poster Sessions ( jim.barta@usu.edu
Saul Duarte, USA (Los Angeles Unified School District)
Barbara Garii, USA (SUNY Oswego)
the late Rex Matang, Papua New Guinea (University of Goroka)
Maria Luisa Oliveras, Spain (Universidad de Granada (Spanish-language panel organizer)
Edith Saiz, Mexico (Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia)
Charoula Stathopoulou, Greece (University of Thessaly)
Tod Shockey, (University of Toledo)(CHAIR)
The Journal of Mathematics and Culture invites authors submissions for a peer reviewed focus issue for manuscripts presented at ICEM4. If you would like your manuscript to go through the blind peer review process please state this in your submission.
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FULL DETAILED TIMETABLE (for quick reference, see the general timetable)
2:00 – 5:00 Shuttle service from Lutherville light-rail station to Towson University
1:00 – 5:00 Check-in at Towson Run Apartments (possibly available at Towson University Marriott Hotel and Sheraton Hotel also)
6:00 – 8:00 Opening Reception in the atrium at the Center for the Arts, including opportunities to visit two adjacent art galleries
7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast available (for purchase) in the University Union: at PAWS (1st floor) and Susquehanna Dining Room (2nd floor)
9:00 Opening Ceremony (University Union, Chesapeake 3):
Welcome greetings from:
---Towson University Provost, Marcia Welsh
---Dean of Fisher College of Science and Mathematics, David Vanko
---Chair of Department of Mathematics, Raouf Boules
---President of Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics, William Barnes (unable to attend for health reasons)
---Past President of North American Study Group on Ethnomathematics (NASGEm): William Collins
Plenary Address: Ubi D’Ambrosio: “An
Ethnomathematics view of space occupation and urban culture”
10:30 Refreshment break
in Chesapeake 2
11:00 – 12:00: Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Maria do Carmo S. Domite: “The
encounter of non-indigenous teacher educator and indigenous teacher: the
invisibility of the challenges”
Room 305: Roger Miarka: “The
Role of Mathematics within Ethnomathematics”
12:00 – 1:00 Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Noor Aishikin Adam: “Weaving
Mathematics and Culture: Mutual Interrogation as a Methodological Approach”
Room 305: Igor Verner and Khayriah Massarwe(not present): “Ethnomathematics
and Multi-Cultural Education: Analysis and Construction of Geometric Ornaments”
1:00 – 2:00 Multicultural
Buffet Lunch, Chesapeake 2
2:00 – 3:00: Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Thomas Gilsdorf: “Tham
Larutluc: How Culture Affects Our Understanding of Ethnomathematics“
Room 305: Daniel Orey and Milton Rosa: “Ethnomodeling:
A Pedagogical Action for the Ethnomathematics Program”
3:00 – 4:00: Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Linda Furuto and David Furuto: “Bridging
Policy and Practice Through Ethnomathematics Voyaging in the Pacific”
Room 305: S. Louise Gould: “What
is the role of the ethnomathematics in
primary and secondary teacher education?”
4:00 – 5:30: Poster
Sessions
Chesapeake 3:
4:00 Barba Patton: “Read
left to right: Not true for all math illustrations”
4:20 Michaele Chappell and Denisse Thompson: “Films:
Cultural Media for Exploring Mathematics”
4:40 Ana Lúcia Braz Dias: “An
Account of the Construction of Mathematical Knowledge in Uril, a Capeverdean
Game”
5:00 Shu-Huei Yen and Hui-Min Chou: “Advancing
Indigenous students’ learning of mathematics: Lessons learned from exemplary
teachers in Taiwan”
Evening: open, dinner on
your own (walk into Towson downtown)
click here for PowerPoints of many of the presentations, videos of the plenary talks, and photos
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast available (for purchase) in the University Union: at PAWS (1st floor) and Susquehanna Dining Room (2nd floor)
9:00 Opening Ceremony (University Union, Chesapeake 3):
---Tribute to original peoples, Kay Owens
---Memorial for Rex Matang, Kay Owens
Plenary Address: Kay Owens: “Policy and Practices: Indigenous Voices in Education”
10:30 – 11:30 Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Ada Kapsap: “Bedouin
School Students Dealing with Ethnomathematical Problems: Are these an effective
tool to succeed in learning and for gaining insight into mathematics?”
Room 305:
Maria
Cecilia de Castello Branco Fantinato:
“Ethnomathematics
and Adult Students: Challenges to Teachers´ Continuing Education”
11:30 Gather for bus trip
to Banneker Park
12:00 Departure
at
Banneker Park
12:30 Picnic at Pavilion
1:00 Introductory video
in Almanac Hall
1:30 Talk by Mark Hannun “Banneker’s
Non-Algebraic Problem-Solving Techniques”
2:30 Explore the museum
and park on your own
3:30 Gather for bus trip
to the Baltimore Inner Harbor
3:45 Departure
at
Inner Harbor: see the sights, stroll the promenade, dinner on your own
7:30 Gather for bus trip
to Towson
7:45 Departure
8:15 Return to Towson
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast available (for purchase) in the University Union: at PAWS (1st floor) and Susquehanna Dining Room (2nd floor)
9:00 Opening Ceremony (University Union, Chesapeake 3):
---Welcome by Rick
Silverman, Immediate Past President, North American Study Group on
Ethnomathematics (NASGEm)
---Featured program at
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Gloria Gilmer, past president of NASGEm
Plenary Address: Ron Eglash: “From
Ethnomathematics to Ethnocomputing”
10:30 Refreshment break
in Room 306
11:00 – 12:00: Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Europe
panel:
---
Charoula Stathopoulou (coordinator) and Darlinda Moreira: “Ethnomathematics
and diversity in European school population: a study in Portugal and Greece with
particular incidence in Romany cultures”
--- Karen François: “Ethnomathematics
in a European Context. Towards an Enriched Meaning of Ethnomathematics”
---Monica Mesquita: “Urban Ethnomathematics and Ethnogenesis" (presented from Portugal via Skype)
---Nuno Vieira: “Counting
time with ethnomathematics”
Room 305: Ilhan M. Izmirli: “On
The Ethnomathematic/Epistemology Nexus: Ethnomathematics and the Nature of
Mathematical Knowledge”
Room 306: (available for
research reports)
12:00 – 1:00 Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Europe
panel continues (see 11:00 am above)
Room 305: (available for research reports)
Room 306: Nicholas Goetzfridt: “Pacific Ethnomathematics: The Richness of
Environment and Practice”
1:00 – 2:00 Buffet Lunch
at Susquehanna Dining Room
2:00 – 3:00: Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3:
Spanish-language panel:
---
Mariá Luisa Oliveras (coordinator): “Ethnomathematics
and Cultural Idiosyncrasy”
--- Natalia de Bengoechea:
“Métodos para Recabar Información Etnomatemática en
Contenidos Específicos”
--- Ma. Elena Gavarrete: “Findings
of the Ethno-Mathematics Bribris and Reflections For The Formation Of Professors”
--- Alejandro Jaén Rojas: “Conocimientos
Matemáticos de la Mesoamérica Precolombina”
--- Oswaldo Martinez Padron: “A
Training Experience on Indigenous Venezuelan Teachers”
--- Domingo Yojcom Rocché:
“Knowledge and Mathematical Wisdom in
the Maya Culture”
--- José Juan Bolaños
Suárez: “Etnomatemáticas y Pintaderas Canarias”
Room 305: Mogege Mosimege: “Methodological
Challenges in Doing Ethnomathematical Research”
Room 306: Nirmala Naresh: “Bus
Conductors’ use of Mental Computation in Everyday Settings – Is it their
Ethnomathematics?”
3:00 – 4:00: Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3:
Spanish-language panel (see 2:00 pm above)
Room 305: Eugénia Pardal Pires and Darlinda Moreira: “An Ethnomathematics Study at the Workplace: Masons’ Professional Practices”
Room 306: (available for research
reports)
4:00 – 5:30: Poster
Sessions, Chesapeake 3:
4:00 Jason D. Johnson: “Social
Justice Themes in the Mathematics Class”
4:20 Samuel Aboagye: “Ethnomathematics:
Enhancing students’ mathematics achievement in Ghana”
4:40 Andrea Verdugo Rohrer: “Beauty
defined by Makonde Ebony-Wood Sculptures”
5:00
Irene Duranczyk: “Integrated
Multicultural Instructional Design (IMID) for Undergraduate Mathematical
Thinking Courses”
5:20 Pedro Palhares
Evening: open, dinner on
your own (walk into Towson downtown)
click here for PowerPoints of many of the presentations, videos of the plenary talks, and photos
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast available (for purchase) in the University Union: at PAWS (1st floor) and Susquehanna Dining Room (2nd floor)
9:00 Opening Ceremony (University Union, Chesapeake 3):
---Welcome by Bill
Barton, President of International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)
(and organizer of ICEM-3 in New Zealand)
Plenary Address: Rik Pinxten: “Politics
in an Indian canyon? Some thoughts on the implications of ethnomathematics”
10:30 Refreshment break
in Chesapeake 2
11:00 – 12:00: Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3: Ken Ealey & Christine Henzel:
“From
‘what ought’ to ‘what is’ First Nations Math Infusion: First steps on the
journey in high school mathematics”
Room 305: Mogege Mosimege: “Developments
in Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Their Influence on Ethnomathematical
Research”
12:00 – 1:00 Concurrent
Sessions
Chesapeake 3:
A. J.
(Sandy) Dawson and Don Rubinstein:
“Project
macimise: Mathematics and Culture in Micronesia: Integrating Societal
Experiences”
Room 305: Nirmala Naresh:
“Ethnomathematics of the Myaamia Tribe”
1:00 – 2:00 Maryland
Buffet Lunch, Chesapeake 2
2:00 – 3:00 Closing
Program, Chesapeake 3
Observance of the
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the International Study Group on Ethnomathematics
(history, memories, achievements)
Coming in 2014: ICEM-5 !
Late Afternoon:
Chesapeake 2 and Room 305: Any other group meetings, research discussions, etc.
Evening: open, dinner on
your own (walk into Towson downtown)
7:30 – 8:30 Breakfast available (for purchase) in the University Union: at PAWS (1st floor) and Susquehanna Dining Room (2nd floor)
8:45 Gather for bus trip to Washington DC
9:00 Departure
10:30 National Museum of the American Indian (on the National Mall, Washington DC)
--Talk by Florence Fasanelli, in room
3010 (third floor, in the Education Workshops area)
11:30 Explore the museum
and perhaps have lunch on your own
2:30 Visit other nearby
sights—perhaps the Air and Space Museum, next door
5:30 Gather for bus trip back to Towson
5:45 Depart
7:30 Arrive at Towson
Evening: open, dinner on your own (walk into Towson downtown; visit the street party on Allegheny Avenue
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
ISGEm Discussion List (Listproc):
The following are the instructions for subscribing to the
ISGEm discussion list.
If they don’t work for you, please contact Rick Scott at
pscott@nmsu.edu:
----Address an email message to
A report of ICEM-4 has appeared in the Fall 2010 Newsletter of
the National Association of Mathematicians. See pages 5 and 6 of this
link:
NAM Newsletter Fall 2010
(written
by Pat Kenschaft)
Greetings at ICEM-4 from Bill Collin and Rick Silverman (both past presidents of
NASGEm) appeared in the February 2011, NASGEm News (Vol 5, No 2). See
this PDF attachment:
NASGEm News Feb 1, 2011 .pdf
The April/May 2011 issue of MAA Focus (the newsletter of the Mathematical
Association of America) has an article on last summer’s Fourth International
Conference on Ethnomathematics
http://digital.ipcprintservices.com/publication/?i=65363