In 1979, the artist James Inoli Murphy tried out the idea of using string figures—those cat’s-cradle games of loops and knots—to teach math to recalcitrant students. “It is a pleasure, it is an active ...
New research suggests that the making of string figures, a globally documented practice, may point to shared cultural heritage stretching back millennia. The research offers a new way to investigate ...
KATHLEEN HADDON (Mrs. O. H. T. Rishbeth), unquestionably our foremost expert in the study of the string-figure, has published a selection of these ingenious diversions for the use of beginners ...
Homolovi Ruins State Park presents the annual "Navajo Traditional String Figures and Games Workshop" Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park visitor center. Join Navajo students from Seba Dalkai ...
MRS. RISHBETH has long been known as a zealous collector and student of the string games known popularly as ‘cat's cradle’. In this volume she justifies a study which, to the Philistine, may seem ...
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String figures shed light on cultural connections and the roots of mathematical reasoning
A collaborative study between the University of Helsinki, Aarhus University, the National Museum of Denmark and Seattle University examined the cognitive, cultural and historical significance of ...
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