Sobre as casas tradicionais de pau-a-pique do grupo étnico Nyaneka-nkhumbi do Sudoeste de Angola

• Main Authors: Domingos Dias, Cecília Costa, Pedro Palhares
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad de Nariño 2015-02-01
• Series: Revista Latinoamericana de Etnomatemática
• Subjects: Ethnomatematics; Mathematical practices of Nyaneka-nkhumbi; Space and form; Vernacular architecture.
• Online Access: http://revista.etnomatematica.org/index.php/RLE/article/view/171/169

This paper aims to recover, develop, explore and expand the cultural practices of the ethnic group Nyanekankhumbi from southwestern Angola from an ethnomathematical perspective evidenced in the construction of houses of cob wall, keeping in mind the social multiculturalism of schools that exists, in part, almost everywhere, and in particular, in Portugal with a considerable and growing number of immigrants from Africa and other parts of the world. It becomes increasingly relevant to preserve the cultural memory of these people. This paper presents an introduction to the ethnomathematics studies in Africa by various authors usnig a methodology based on informal conversation with group members, participant observation, and interviews, supported by photographic records and written field notes. The results of the research developed in Huíla (Angola) registered much important mathematical knowledge about building the traditional houses of the Nyaneka-nkhumbi that can be understood in the creation of tasks in a context of formation, a topic of interest in the first author‟s doctoral project.