ETHNOMATHEMATIC EXPLORATION OF THE KAJANG LAKO JAMBI TRADITIONAL HOUSE

Abstract

Exploring ethnomathematics in the Kajang Lako Jambi traditional house is important because in the modern era like today, students' efforts to preserve cultural heritage have begun to fade, the design contains many mathematical concepts such as geometric concepts and this has become a means or source of contextual learning for students, making it easier to understand mathematical concepts. and foster a sense of love for local culture. There are many local wisdom values in the Kajang Lako traditional house, such as religious values, kinship, mutual cooperation and cooperation that need to be instilled in students. This research aims to find out and describe the mathematical concepts found in the Kajang Lako Jambi House. This research is qualitative research using an ethnographic approach. The instruments used in this research were humans as the main instrument, observation guidelines, interview guidelines, documentation and field notes. Data collection in this research used observation, interviews, documentation and field notes. Data analysis techniques are carried out by data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions/data verification. The results of this research describe the architectural design of the Kajang Lako Jambi House. In the architecture of the Kajang Lako House in Jambi, many geometric shapes are applied, the steps on the stairs of the Kajang Lako House apply the concept of number patterns, and the carvings on the house, doors and window screens use the concept of reflection.