The Science dept at Australia's most prestigious university, is now offering a course in "Indigenous Mathematics," in an effort to "decolonise maths." "Numbers and arithmetic and accounting often are of secondary importance in Indigenous mathematics." science.anu.edu.au/news-events/ne…
@clairlemon But, but, ‘mathematics has been gatekept by the West and defined to exclude entire cultures’!!
@australianwoma1 @clairlemon People of Asian descent are quite surprised to learn that Europeans have been excluding us from mathematics. I wouldn’t have guessed it.
@australianwoma1 @clairlemon We are using Arabic numbers, aren't we? 🤭
@australianwoma1 @clairlemon There is no royal road to geometry.
@australianwoma1 @clairlemon The first rule of Mathematical Exclusion is: If you have no fingers, you cannot count.