The Traditional Garden of the Balatiponé-Umutina People and Ethnomathematics
Umutina-Balatiponé people; Traditional Farming; Ethnomathematics.
In this master's thesis, "The Traditional Farm of the Balatiponé-Umutina People and Ethnomathematics", I tell the story of a culture that our ancestors always had to support their families, but which has little interest from this new generation. This work has the objective of showing the importance of having our own farm with healthier products that benefit our health and, thus, not depending on industrialized foods that contain toxic products, as well as, the learning of ethnomathematics. I use qualitative research to visit and get to know the stump crops existing in the Umutina territory, and also ethnographic research because I am part of this community. Furthermore, I tried to get to know even better the work done in the fields of our people, recording the reports of the elders who own the fields, at which time I took images of the whole process, from cutting to planting and the participation of the students in this learning process. The drawings and illustrations were indispensable for our pedagogical work. I also present my academic and professional trajectory, the school in the past and present, emphasizing the experience of working this activity with students and teachers, based on the teachings of the elders. I emphasize the farmland of the past and the situation it is in today, considering the advances of technology that have become part of our culture. As a result, young people have lost interest in continuing this cultural practice, which is fundamental to our people.