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by Gordonjcp 1310 days ago
Can you clearly and lucidy explain how mathematics might be "colonial"?
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Fomite 1310 days ago
From an application context, "Weapons of Math Destruction" is a good place to start.
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Gordonjcp 1309 days ago
Okay, but that's not relevant to mathematics. That's about business decisions.
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Fomite 1309 days ago
Aided and abetted by putting a veneer of mathematics over the top. That is the important context for the idea of decolonizing math - that it doesn't actually take place in a vacuum.
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