REFLECTIONS ON ETHNOMODELLING AS AN INTERCULTURAL CONCEPT ON ETHNOMATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL MODELLING

The application of techniques in ethnomathematics along with the tools of modelling allows us to see a different reality and gives us insight into a holistic mathematics. In this perspective, the pedagogical approach that connects cultural aspects of mathematics with its school and/or academic aspects is named ethnomodelling, which is a process of translation and elaboration of problems and questions taken from systems that are part of the reality for any given cultural group. In this article we have offered an alternative goal for research, which is the acquisition of both emic and etic knowledge for the implementation of ethnomodelling. Emic knowledge is essential for an intuitive and empathic understanding of mathematical ideas of a culture, and it is essential for conducting effective ethnographic fieldwork through a dialogical approach of ethnomodelling.