@inbook {MATHEDUC.06125799, author = {Wagner, David and Lunney Borden, Lisa}, title = {Aiming for equity in ethnomathematics research.}, year = {2012}, booktitle = {Equity in discourse for mathematics education. Theories, practices, and policies. Based on a conference, Rochester, NY, USA, May 2008}, isbn = {978-94-007-2812-7}, pages = {69-87}, publisher = {Dordrecht: Springer}, doi = {10.1007/978-94-007-2813-4_5}, abstract = {Summary: We reflect on the discourse patterns in our interactions in Mi'kmaw communities. Beginning with ethnomathematical conversations with elders and teachers, our interest in supporting cultural connections for community mathematics students turned our focus to supporting an initiative (the show me your math contest) that had students report on the mathematics they found in their communities. With this shift in positioning we observed a release from a colonialist hold on mathematics learning for students, but also noted further challenges relating to interactions among the people of the communities and the larger society. For our reflections we analyzed excerpts of the initial ethnomathematics interactions, of the conversations developing the contest, and of classroom resources that make cultural connections. This highlights important questions: To whom are students reporting their mathematics? Whose problems/needs are students addressing when they do the tasks assigned to them? How are people and communities represented in applications of mathematics introduced in school?}, msc2010 = {C60xx (D40xx)}, identifier = {2013a.00252}, }