Saberes e fazeres de pescadores de caranguejo de São Caetano de Odivelas/PA: uma abordagem etnomatemática

Abstract

This study presents the results of a qualitative research developed in the municipality of São Caetano de Odivelas / PA and aims to analyze the knowledge and practices of the daily activities of crab fishermen and the possibilities of use in teaching and learning mathematics in Elementary School. The theoretical contribution is based on studies directed to Ethnomathematics, which studies the relation of mathematical ideas with the sociocultural knowledges of human behavior. The research has been carried out since 2013 and, for this dissertation, the research work was carried out from November 2014 to July 2016, and was developed with the participation of three crab fishermen, a mitermaster and a crabmeat collector by Observations of their capture, processing and marketing practices. The analytical content was constituted by means of interviews based on informal dialogues, photographic and audiovisual records, which served as source of information for the analysis of the research. The proposal to present possibilities of interaction between school mathematical knowledge and traditional knowledge of crab fishermen largely reflects my life history in São Caetano de Odivelas, since I had the opportunity to perform this activity in my adolescence, which Made an interest in understanding their knowledge and actions with a focus on the educational. With the accomplishment of the research, it was verified that it is possible to use in the school environment the traditional knowledge of the crab fishermen relating their labor activities to the teaching of mathematics making a connection between these knowledge.