Women, art and geometry in Southern Africa / Paulus Gerdes.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, c1998.Description: xi, 244 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0865436010 (hb)
  • 0865436029 (pb)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 745.4/4968 21
LOC classification:
  • TT119.S64 G47 1998
Contents:
1. Sipatsi - woven handbags -- 2. Titja - coiled baskets -- 3. Mat weaving -- 4. Buhlolo - string figures -- 5. Oku-taleka - decorated pottery -- 6. Mafielo - grass brooms -- 7. Nembo - tattooing and body painting -- 8. Ovilame - bead ornaments -- 9. Litema - mural decoration -- 10. Ikghuptu - mural decoration -- 11. Pythagoras a woman? - Example of an educational-mathematical examination -- App. 1. On the Geometry of Pottery Decoration by Yao Women (Nyassa Province) -- App. 2. Classification of strip patterns.
Summary: The main objective of the book is to call attention to some mathematical ideas incorporated in the patterns invented by women in Southern Africa. An appreciation of these mathematical traditions may lead to their preservation, revival and development. Use of female art traditional forms has implications in the field of mathematics education.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-237).

1. Sipatsi - woven handbags -- 2. Titja - coiled baskets -- 3. Mat weaving -- 4. Buhlolo - string figures -- 5. Oku-taleka - decorated pottery -- 6. Mafielo - grass brooms -- 7. Nembo - tattooing and body painting -- 8. Ovilame - bead ornaments -- 9. Litema - mural decoration -- 10. Ikghuptu - mural decoration -- 11. Pythagoras a woman? - Example of an educational-mathematical examination -- App. 1. On the Geometry of Pottery Decoration by Yao Women (Nyassa Province) -- App. 2. Classification of strip patterns.

The main objective of the book is to call attention to some mathematical ideas incorporated in the patterns invented by women in Southern Africa. An appreciation of these mathematical traditions may lead to their preservation, revival and development. Use of female art traditional forms has implications in the field of mathematics education.

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