Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði
During the centuries, ordinary people in Iceland had few opportunities to study mathematics and few reasons to apply it. Instead, Icelanders have composed verses since medieval times, adhering to complex rules of rhymes and alliteration. They have preserved the ancient Germanic rules of prosody in t...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/4880 2024-06-02T08:09:15+00:00 Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Education 2018 6 358646 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4880 en eng Proceedings of 6ICEm; () Bjarnadóttir , K 2018 , Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði . in Proceedings of 6ICEm . 6th International Conference on Ethnomathematics: , Medellín , Colombia , 8/07/18 . conference 221691916 f963a1f0-71a1-483a-abc0-3de8936fad03 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4880 info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess mathematics verse rhyme alliteration prosody Mathematics (all) /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontobookanthology/conference 2018 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/4880 2024-05-06T02:20:07Z During the centuries, ordinary people in Iceland had few opportunities to study mathematics and few reasons to apply it. Instead, Icelanders have composed verses since medieval times, adhering to complex rules of rhymes and alliteration. They have preserved the ancient Germanic rules of prosody in the popular pastime of composing and reciting Icelandic ballads, ríma, exercised by young and old, men and women. This artistic puzzle, to compose a meaningful text within the complex constraints of length of words, length of lines, rhymes and alliteration, is a mathematical and artistic activity meeting Ubiratan d’Ambrosio’s definition of ethnomathematics as intersections of culture, historical traditions, sociocultural roots, and mathematics. No material is needed, only a skilful mind and the memory to rehearse the product in the dark winter evenings and long summer nights at work. Non peer reviewed Book Part Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) |
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During the centuries, ordinary people in Iceland had few opportunities to study mathematics and few reasons to apply it. Instead, Icelanders have composed verses since medieval times, adhering to complex rules of rhymes and alliteration. They have preserved the ancient Germanic rules of prosody in the popular pastime of composing and reciting Icelandic ballads, ríma, exercised by young and old, men and women. This artistic puzzle, to compose a meaningful text within the complex constraints of length of words, length of lines, rhymes and alliteration, is a mathematical and artistic activity meeting Ubiratan d’Ambrosio’s definition of ethnomathematics as intersections of culture, historical traditions, sociocultural roots, and mathematics. No material is needed, only a skilful mind and the memory to rehearse the product in the dark winter evenings and long summer nights at work. Non peer reviewed |
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Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði |
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Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði |
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Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði |
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Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði |
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Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði |
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icelandic ethno-mathematics : íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði |
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Proceedings of 6ICEm; () Bjarnadóttir , K 2018 , Icelandic Ethno-Mathematics : Íslensk þjóðháttastærðfræði . in Proceedings of 6ICEm . 6th International Conference on Ethnomathematics: , Medellín , Colombia , 8/07/18 . conference 221691916 f963a1f0-71a1-483a-abc0-3de8936fad03 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4880 |
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