O congado vive em mim: um estudo sobre a etnomatemática presente nas manifestações culturais afro-brasileiras

Abstract

The present work arose through a research of scientific initiation, which had as objective discuss and question mathematical knowledge about Afro-Brazilian culture through groups of congado. Congado is a cultural manifestation of an Afro-Brazilian religious character brought to the Brazil during the period of slavery. It has elements alluding to dance and music. Today has as main objective to keep alive the tradition of its ancestors. Thus, the objective of this investigation was to identify mathematical practices carried out during the Congado festivities. The research takes place in order to answer the problem of how the mathematics present in the Congado's instruments could assist in the teaching and learning process. Initially it was A historical bibliographic study was carried out with the focus on understanding the context of the Congado. The data were collected through scientific productions such as articles, theses and dossiers. THE The analysis aimed to verify the feasibility of working with mathematics teaching from the social and historical context of communities participating in the festivity. It is hoped that with this research we will be able to associate history, mathematics and music content to develop a critical formation based on tradition Afro-Brazilian culture.