THIS WORK EXPLORES THE URBAN EXPERIENCES OF STREET CHILDREN IN SAO PAULO,   BRAZIL THROUGH THE MATHEMATICAL EPISTEMIC REGIMES AT THE CORE OF THEIR  SURVIVAL STRATEGIES.  WE ALSO  DRAW ATTENTION TO THE SITUATION OF STREET  CHILDREN ACROSS TIME, SPACE, CULTURE, AND HISTORY.  OUR GOAL IS TO  RECOGNIZE, UNDERSTAND, AND VALIDATE FORMS OF MATHEMATICS CONSTRUCTED AND  USED OUTSIDE OF THE ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS OF MATHEMATICAL PRODUCTION.  WE BASE OUR ANALYSIS ON "THE MATHEMATICAL IMAGINATION", WHICH DRAWS  TOGETHER SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM AND ETHNOMATHEMATICS.  THEORETICALLY, WE  DRAW HEAVILY ON THE DURKHEIMIAN TRADITION IN SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY.  WE FOCUS ON A FORM OF PRACTICE THAT LINKS THE FORMAL AND THE INFORMAL IN  ORDER TO REALIZE THE FULL POWER OF MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE AS A SOCIAL  THING (IN DURKHEIM'S SENSE), A PRODUCT OF THE COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS  THAT EXPRESSES COLLECTIVE REALITIES AND A CATEGORY OF KNOWLEDGE PRESENT  IN EVERY CULTURE. THIS IS AS TRUE FOR MATHEMATICS AT THE MARGINS AS IT IS   FOR PROFESSIONAL MATHEMATICS. OUR WORK CONTRIBUTES TO AN EMERGING  POLITICAL MANIFESTO OF THE MARGINAL THAT DEMONSTRATES THE SOCIAL  REALITIES AND SOCIAL POWER OF THEIR MATHEMATICS. THIS BOOK SHOULD BE OF  INTEREST TO SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, STUDENTS OF MATHEMATICS AND  ETHNOMATHEMATICS, AND EVERYONE INTERESTED IN THE SITUATION OF  MARGINALIZED CHILDREN.

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