How Long to Read Who Counts?

How Long Does it Take to Read Who Counts??

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Who Counts? by Diane M. Nelson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In Who Counts? Diane M. Nelson explores the social life of numbers, teasing out the myriad roles math plays in Guatemalan state violence, economic exploitation, and disenfranchisement, as well as in Mayan revitalization and grassroots environmental struggles. In the aftermath of thirty-six years of civil war, to count—both numerically and in the sense of having value—is a contested and qualitative practice of complex calculations encompassing war losses, migration, debt, and competing understandings of progress. Nelson makes broad connections among seemingly divergent phenomena, such as debates over reparations for genocide victims, Ponzi schemes, and antimining movements. Challenging the presumed objectivity of Western mathematics, Nelson shows how it flattens social complexity and becomes a raced, classed, and gendered skill that colonial powers considered beyond the grasp of indigenous peoples. Yet the Classic Maya are famous for the precision of their mathematics, including conceptualizing zero long before Europeans. Nelson shows how Guatemala's indigenous population is increasingly returning to Mayan numeracy to critique systemic inequalities with the goal of being counted—in every sense of the word.

How long is Who Counts??

Who Counts? by Diane M. Nelson is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Who Counts? Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Who Counts? aloud.

What Reading Level is Who Counts??

Who Counts? is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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