Deadly Math: Movement, Kinship & Action

We were grateful to speak with CHRIS MATTHEWS of the Quandamooka People in modern day Queensland Australia about his realization about the importance and depth of culture & country within mathematics, iron mines and nuclear testing highlighting land rights and Aboriginal voices, don’t hike Uluru!, deadly coders, numbers as a process and action, kinship systems as group theory and algebra, and how to close the educational gap by walking together.Honoraria from this episode was donated to ATSIMA (Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance).If you want more Indigenous Mathematics Pod episodes:"Hunting Mathematics" with Philip Stevens "Change Making, Anishnawbek Mathematics, & Surgeon Legs" with Cheyenne Sego"Wayfinding through Relational Trigonometry of Stars, Swells, & Spirit" with Dr. Kamuela Yong"Reconciliation Science through Tipi Math & Indigenous Sound Baths" with Brendon Many Bears & Darren Rea"Mathematics is Creation, Being, & Medicine" with Dr. Edward Doolittle"Ethnomathematics solves Real World Problems" with Dr. Linda FurutoRemember to tune in next week for "Smoketalk" with the pod team, where we chat more in depth about the topics from the previous episode. Thanks Bespoke Productions Hub and as always, Emil Starlight for the seamless editing, videography, and audio, Alex for pod support and marketing.Grab a sea mollusk (Chris' fav Ancestral Food) or your favourite snack from your Ancestral Land, and learn about Deadly Math with CHRIS MATTHEWS.SHOWNOTES: for all you curious pod humans, educators, and nerds! Lots of links in this episode, I got a little carried away with these, but there is a lot of fascinating stuff with both Aboriginal history and Math Curriculum. Chris is doing great work! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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