The (mathematical) modelling implicit in the works of a dressmaker

Abstract

This article aims to make a comparative analysis between the processes used by a dressmaker in her professional work, and the procedures of modelling (mathematics). The collaborator of this research was a professional from the south of Brazil who works with exclusive and large scale clothing production. The same granted interview through narratives. As a methodological procedure, mapping was used in educational research, organized in two moments: data apprehension through narratives of the collaborator of this research; and significance of this information - identification, understanding and careful analysis of the interviewee's narratives. As a result, it can be seen that the dressmaker, although she does not have knowledge about the use of modeling in her work, uses these procedures to elaborate and produce clothes for her clients.

Keywords

• modelagem matemática
• narrativas
• processos criativos
• modista