Table of Contents

Foreword

Part I. Articles

Ethnomathematics as a new research field, illustrated by
studies of mathematical ideas in African history
Paulus Gerdes

Ethnoscience and ethnomathematics: a historiographical
proposal for non-western science
Ubiratan D'Ambrosio

Science at the edge of the Earth
Wesley M. Stevens

Intelligibilité et historicité (Science, rationalité, histoire)
Michel Paty

The savant's drama: two cultures and two shores
Antonio Lafuente and Tiago Saraiva

Western and non-western science: history and perspectives
Juan José Saldaña

Science and cultural diversity in a post-colonial context
S. Irfan Habib

Diversidad cultural en la memoria histórica y gráfica de México
Teresa Rojas Rabiela

Part II. Remarks to stimulate discussions

A Letter from Madrid
A. Lafuente

A Letter from Australia
R. MacLeod

A Letter from Paris
M. Paty

A Letter from Sweden
F. Flores

Part III. Statutes and By.Laws of the International
Association for Science and Cultural Diversity

Statutes

By-Laws

7

11

37

51

59

97

123

145

151

163

167

171

179

185

189

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