Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This study aims to describe the ethnomathematics exploration of traditional herbal concoction tools at the Sumenep Madura Palace. Traditional herbal medicine is a cultural heritage originating from Madura, especially from the nobility in the Sumenep Palace. This study uses a qualitative approach with ethnographic research. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews, field notes, and documentation. The results showed that in the process of making traditional herbal medicine, a mathematical concept was found, namely the concept of value comparison. Meanwhile, the money instruments used to concoct herbal medicine, namely pipisan, gandik, botekan and cengkelek, found the concept of geometry, sequence patterns and arithmetic series.
Source: Rangkiang Mathematics Journal
DOI: 10.24036/rmj.v3i2.56
Authors: Fida Dinar Fauziyah, Achmad Miftachul Ulum, Marhayati
Institution: Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Mathematics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404360681