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Results for criterions: Topic: Drawing Modify search criterions 1 match Title Orally transmitted mathematics Author CHEMILLIER Marc Keywords Asymmetric rhythms, Cognition, Divination, Ethnomathematics, Musical canon, Sand drawing Topics Anthropology - Ethnology, Discrete Mathematics, Drawing, Music Abstract Ethnomathematics is a new domain studying mathematical structures in particular activities of traditional societies. The main difficulty in this approach is to establish a link between formal structures, studied « in laboratory », and mental representations of native people, as they can be observed during fieldworks. We describe these difficulties in different situations: visual arts, music, divination. In the latter case, we present the results of fieldworks done in Madagascar where mathematical mental representations of native people have been discovered Number 178, Summer 2007, special issue: Art, mathematics, language and emotion Language   French Read the article Users rights : The entire journal is licensed under a Creative Commons license