Ethnomathematic Exploration on Cassava Leaf Painting Batik

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10.2991/978-2-38476-044-2_6How to use a DOI?

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batik painting; cassava leaf batik; cassava leaf ethnomathematics

Abstract

Ethnomathematics is the relationship between culture and mathematics that is found in the habits of society where people have unconsciously applied mathematical concepts in their culture or habits. The habits referred to in this study are what the batik makers do in making one sheet of finished batik each time. The purpose of this study was to describe the ethnomathematics of cassava leaf batik in the production house of the new Kartini pujer batik. This research is qualitative research with an ethnographic approach. The subjects of this research are craftsmen in the production house of Karini Pujer Baru Batik. Data collection methods used are observation, interviews, and documentation. Observations were carried out by the researchers themselves and assisted by 2 observers who had been provided with observation guidelines, and interviews were conducted with the craftsmen at the batik production house of the new Kartini Pujer Bondowoso, while the documentation was carried out by the researcher himself using a camera recorder. The results of this study indicate the existence of ethnomathematics in cassava leaf painting batik. The geometric concepts or elements found include points, lines, angles, shapes (rectangles, squares), congruence, congruence, equations, and geometric transformations (dilation).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ni Ketut Wedastuti
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/21
TI  - Ethnomathematic Exploration on Cassava Leaf Painting Batik
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Annual Conference of Islamic Education (ACIE 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 42
EP  - 52
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-044-2_6
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-044-2_6
ID  - Wedastuti2023
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