International audienceThe practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societies, and particularly in those of oral tradition. It consists in producing geometrical forms with a loop of string, using mostly the fingers, and sometimes the wrists, the mouth or the feet. This article deals with some of this practice’s cultural and cognitive aspects in the Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea. Various ethnographical sources suggest that string figures are (or were) subject to ritual prescriptions, and performed for their ritual efficacy in relation to the fertility of gardens. Besides being a popular recreational activity, often accompanied by a recitative, string figure-making in the Trobriands can also be seen as a specifi...
This volume comprises an edited compilation of traditional oral narratives from the Trobriand Island...
International audienceThe article analyses the male ritual cycle of the Ankave-Anga in Papua New Gui...
Cet appel à candidatures pour un contrat postdoctoral en anthropologie d'une durée d'un an (renouvel...
International audienceThe practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societi...
International audienceThe ethnomathematics of Trobriand string games. The practice of string figure-...
The practice of making string figures, often called cat�s cradle, can be found all over the world an...
Documentaire scientifique, 26 min, Production CNRS, diffusion CNRS Images. Version anglaise du docum...
International audienceThis book addresses the mathematical rationality contained in the making of st...
Some Trobriand Islands string figures by Stephan Claassen, Best, the Netherlands, and Joseph D'Anton...
This thesis is a study of the role of material forms as mediators of cross-cultural encounters in th...
Examines a cultural feature in the form of a leisure activity which is common) to many peoples in th...
At some point in their history most cultures probably made string figures (otherwise known as c...
International audienceThe practice of string figure-making, which consists in producing geometrical ...
This volume comprises an edited compilation of traditional oral narratives from the Trobriand Island...
Since Read\u27s (1952) classic study of the nama cult of the Goroka area, ethnographers in the Papue...
This volume comprises an edited compilation of traditional oral narratives from the Trobriand Island...
International audienceThe article analyses the male ritual cycle of the Ankave-Anga in Papua New Gui...
Cet appel à candidatures pour un contrat postdoctoral en anthropologie d'une durée d'un an (renouvel...
International audienceThe practice of string figure-making has long been carried out in many societi...
International audienceThe ethnomathematics of Trobriand string games. The practice of string figure-...
The practice of making string figures, often called cat�s cradle, can be found all over the world an...
Documentaire scientifique, 26 min, Production CNRS, diffusion CNRS Images. Version anglaise du docum...
International audienceThis book addresses the mathematical rationality contained in the making of st...
Some Trobriand Islands string figures by Stephan Claassen, Best, the Netherlands, and Joseph D'Anton...
This thesis is a study of the role of material forms as mediators of cross-cultural encounters in th...
Examines a cultural feature in the form of a leisure activity which is common) to many peoples in th...
At some point in their history most cultures probably made string figures (otherwise known as c...
International audienceThe practice of string figure-making, which consists in producing geometrical ...
This volume comprises an edited compilation of traditional oral narratives from the Trobriand Island...
Since Read\u27s (1952) classic study of the nama cult of the Goroka area, ethnographers in the Papue...
This volume comprises an edited compilation of traditional oral narratives from the Trobriand Island...
International audienceThe article analyses the male ritual cycle of the Ankave-Anga in Papua New Gui...
Cet appel à candidatures pour un contrat postdoctoral en anthropologie d'une durée d'un an (renouvel...