Book contents
- Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas
- Series page
- Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Origins of Number: Enduring Questions
- Part II Economic Exchange
- 3 Collective Practices of Economic Exchange
- 4 Reproduction and Alteration of Numerical Representations
- 5 Reproduction and Alteration in Currency Token Representations
- 6 Representational Forms, Functions, Collective Practices, and Fu
- Part III Schooling
- Part IV Toward an Integrated Treatment of Sociohistorical and Cognitive Developmental Processes
- Epilogue
- Appendix A The Five Oksapmin Conversational Number Words
- Appendix B Currency Tokens, Images, and Physical Descriptions
- Appendix C Notes on Age Determination, Back-Translation, and Interview Settings
- Appendix D Record Form Used in Trade Store Diary Study (Sample Page)
- Appendix E Auxiliary Words Used in Quantification
- Appendix F Tit Fu Interview Used with Adults
- References
- Index
6 - Representational Forms, Functions, Collective Practices, and Fu
A Microcosm
from Part II - Economic Exchange
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2012
Book contents
- Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas
- Series page
- Cultural Development of Mathematical Ideas
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Origins of Number: Enduring Questions
- Part II Economic Exchange
- 3 Collective Practices of Economic Exchange
- 4 Reproduction and Alteration of Numerical Representations
- 5 Reproduction and Alteration in Currency Token Representations
- 6 Representational Forms, Functions, Collective Practices, and Fu
- Part III Schooling
- Part IV Toward an Integrated Treatment of Sociohistorical and Cognitive Developmental Processes
- Epilogue
- Appendix A The Five Oksapmin Conversational Number Words
- Appendix B Currency Tokens, Images, and Physical Descriptions
- Appendix C Notes on Age Determination, Back-Translation, and Interview Settings
- Appendix D Record Form Used in Trade Store Diary Study (Sample Page)
- Appendix E Auxiliary Words Used in Quantification
- Appendix F Tit Fu Interview Used with Adults
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Cultural Development of Mathematical IdeasPapua New Guinea Studies, pp. 160 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012