Re: Ethnomathematics

John Bethencourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 10:02:05PM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote: >>Well, I made a start a few years ago with "Network Security: A Feminist >>Perspective" (done when "people ask me to do security talks for them without >>bothering to specify which aspect o

Re: Ethnomathematics

-- On 25 Feb 2003 at 23:58, Sarad AV wrote: > "Ethnomathematics is the study of mathematics which takes > into consideration the culture in which mathematics arises. > Mathematics is often associated with the study of > "universals". When we speak of "universals", however, it is > important to

Re: Ethnomathematics

On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 10:02:05PM +1300, Peter Gutmann wrote: > > Well, I made a start a few years ago with "Network Security: A Feminist > Perspective" (done when "people ask me to do security talks for them without > bothering to specify which aspect of security they want me to talk about") > a

Re: Ethnomathematics

Bill Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Actually doing a female-oriented physics or teaching curriculum is fine, if >somebody can do a good job of it. Well, I made a start a few years ago with "Network Security: A Feminist Perspective" (done when "people ask me to do security talks for them wit

RE: Ethnomathematics

> -- > From: Bill Stewart[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:52 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Ethnomathematics > > At 05:41 PM 02/24/2003 -0800, Tim May wrote: > >Seriously, this flap is old news. I r

Re: Ethnomathematics

At 05:41 PM 02/24/2003 -0800, Tim May wrote: Seriously, this flap is old news. I remember about a dozen years ago when some feminista professor was teaching "female-oriented physics." Actually, she was _advocating_ the teaching of female-oriented physics. Was she an actual physics professor, talkin

Re: Ethnomathematics

At 5:41 PM -0800 on 2/24/03, Tim May wrote: > Here's an image the censors are already trying to get removed: > > Yuck. I can't wait to see where Tim got this one from. I expect he's trolling the universe with it, though... Cheers, RAH Who re

Re: Ethnomathematics

Good lord, this sounds like it was practically designed to sabotage the prospects for minorities to excel in mathematics, by encouraging them to waste their efforts on nonsense and useless trivia. This was kind of the thrust of my recent posts on the "black" issue. There's almost the built-in

Re: Ethnomathematics

Anonymous wrote: Ethnomathematics Good lord, this sounds like it was practically designed to sabotage the prospects for minorities to excel in mathematics, by encouraging them to waste their efforts on nonsense and useless trivia.

Re: Ethnomathematics

On Monday, February 24, 2003, at 04:43 PM, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: Anonymous wrote: Ethnomathematics Good lord, this sounds like it was practically designed to sabotage the prospects for minorities to excel in mathematics, by encouraging them to waste their efforts on nonsense and useless tr