A story of inclusiveness and collaboration through mathematics and art. A inmate of a North American prison taught himself mathematics, then went on to study more and more and contacted the author. He then planned and realized together with other inmates, a piece of art reproducing a medieval pattern as studied mathematically. As the art is modular, several other inmates could collaborate. The math was necessary as a nontrivial stimulus, and so was the piece of art.
Havens, C., Tedeschini Lalli, L. (2020). Math and art in prison a collaborative effort across the ocean. In 19th Conference on Applied Mathematics, APLIMAT 2020 Proceedings (pp.587-594). Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava.
Math and art in prison a collaborative effort across the ocean
Tedeschini Lalli L.
2020-01-01
Abstract
A story of inclusiveness and collaboration through mathematics and art. A inmate of a North American prison taught himself mathematics, then went on to study more and more and contacted the author. He then planned and realized together with other inmates, a piece of art reproducing a medieval pattern as studied mathematically. As the art is modular, several other inmates could collaborate. The math was necessary as a nontrivial stimulus, and so was the piece of art.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
