Ubiratan D'Ambrosio and Mathematics Education

This edited volume is written in memoriam of Professor Emeritus Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (1932 - 2021), who was a well-known Brazilian mathematics educator and historian of mathematics. This book explores the diverse facets of D'Ambrosio's work as well as his legacy and the later adaptation of his ideas around the globe.

It starts with a preface written by his son, Alexandre D' Ambrosio, who shares his personal experiences growing up with this father and his love for discovery. The book is then divided into four sections:

• Past and Future: Ubi's Way of Seeing Education in the Present
• Roots of Ethnomathematics
• Ethnomathematics in Action
• Trends in Ethnomathematics

It features diverse points of view and experiences that explore mathematics and culture from researchers in the Americas, Africa, Europe and South Asia. Chapters range from personal explorations of D'Ambrosio's impact to broader views of his researchand work. This book forms part of the growing understanding of Ubiratan D'Ambrosio's life, research, and the legacy he has left for millions of researchers, students and teachers worldwide.

This book is appealing to anyone involved in mathematics education research as well as those interested in the history and future of mathematics education.

Past and future: Ubi s way of seeing education in the present. - Part I. Roots of ethnomathematics. - The presence of professor Ubiratan D Ambrosio in the project of the graduation. - Ubiratan D Ambrosio and the formation of researchers in (mathematics) education. - D Ambrosio s legacy in teacher ethnopedagogical space for glocalization. - ISGEm, NASGEm: Two elements of the D Ambrosio intellectual legacy. - Ubiratan D' Ambrosio as historian of mathematics and science. - The APUA Ubiratan D Ambrosio personal archive and the research on the production of new knowledge: History of mathematics, ethnomathematics and mathematics education. - Ubiratan D' Ambrosio and his contribution to the history of science and mathematics. - Remembering Ubiratan D Ambrosio. - Part II. Ethnomathematics in Action. - Ethnomathematics has worked, and VEm Brasil is proof of that. - Influences and contributions of Ubiratan D Ambrosio in the development of ethnomodelling as a research concept related to ethnomathematics and modelling. - The importance of Ubiratan D' Ambrosio in Latin America. - Ethnomathematics and complexity: A study of the process of elaboration of a Peruvian Andean textile. - Part III. Trends in ethnomathematics. - The political dimension of Ubi D Ambrosio s ethnomathematics. - Voyaging beyond the horizon: An ethnomathematics legacy in Hawai`i and the Pacific. - Ethnomathematics in Nepal: Research and future prospects. - Ubiratan D Ambrosio: Alchemist of the mathematics universe. - Ethno-biomathematics: A decolonial approach to mathematics at the intersection of human and nonhuman design. - Ubiratan D' Ambrosio, curriculum, and humanistic mathematics: A journey of contrasts from the modernist rails to the postmodernist awareness. - Final summary