Open AccessStudy ethnomathematics: revealing mathematics ideas on minangkabau traditional weaving songkets in pandai sikek
Author(s) -
Enmufida Enmufida,
Turmudi Turmudi,
Asep Syarif Hidayat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1806/1/012054
Subject(s) - ethnomathematics , weaving , documentation , mathematics education , ethnography , sociology , epistemology , social science , mathematics , anthropology , engineering , computer science , philosophy , programming language , mechanical engineering
This study aims to prove a mutual relationship between mathematics and culture. Due to an assumption that mathematics does not have any relationship with each kind of culture. However, a study about ethnomathematics scrutinizes a group of culture as mathematical. This research takes place in Pandai Sikek. Tanah Datar Regency. West Sumatera. People in Pandai Sikek are the biggest producers of songket in Minangkabau. Pandai sikek still keeps on their culture tightly, one of them is the women of pandai sikek do the weaving hereditary. This research focuses on revealing a mathematical idea beyond traditional songket Minangkabau at Pandai Sikek. This study of ethnomathematics uses a qualitative approaching of an ethnography method. The data were collected through observation, interview and study documentation. The result of the research is to reveal a mathematical idea that is used by Pandai Sikek people on manufacturing songket that there are mathematic activities and geometry patterns in traditional songket pattern of Minangkabau. This research enlights people that mathematics has relationship with culture.