Mathematics as a cultural heritage

1961 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
William L. Schaaf
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Effective Mass ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Proper Perspective ◽  
And Mathematics

Broadly speaking1 major cultures can be identified, at least in part, by certain outstanding characteristics. Thus, Babylonia and Egypt were steeped in mysticism and sensuality; the Greeks were preoccupied with ideas and ideals; the Romans, with politics, military prowess, and conquest. The culture of Western Europe from 600 A.D. to 1100 A.D. was expressed largely by its theology. From 1200 to 1800 it was the exploration of nature and the beginnings of science that marked the essence of the period. The spirit of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, unless it is too early to judge in proper perspective, is typified by man's increasing mastery over his physical environment. This is evidenced not only by the general achievements of science and technology, but also by unprecedented industrial production, effective mass communication, and increasing automation. The creative language of the culture of today is science, and mathematics is the alphabet of science.

The European identity formation in Ukraine

2017 ◽  
pp. 102-109
Author(s):  
Larysa Kovryk-Tokar
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
European Integration ◽  
European Community ◽  
Collective Identity ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Political Integration ◽  
European Identity ◽  
European Values

Every nation is quite diverse in terms of his historical destiny, spiritual priorities, and cultural heritage. However, voluntary European integration, which is the final aim of political integration that began in the second half of the twentieth century from Western Europe, provided for an availability of large number of characteristics in common in political cultures of their societies. Therefore, Ukraine needs to find some common determinants that can create inextricable relationship between the European Community and Ukraine. Although Ukrainian culture is an intercultural weave of two East macrocivilizations, according to the author, Ukraine tends to Western-style society with its openness, democracy, tolerance, which constitute the basic values of Europeans. Keywords: Identity, collective identity, European values, European integration

scholarly journals Revealing Hidden Local Cultural Heritage through a Serious Escape Game in Outdoor Settings

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Stavroula Tzima ◽  
Georgios Styliaras ◽  
Athanasios Bassounas
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Physical Environment ◽  
Local History ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Virtual Reality Technology ◽  
The Real ◽  
Hybrid Type ◽  
Game Mechanics

Escape Rooms are presently considered a very popular social entertainment activity, with increasing popularity in education field, since they are considered capable of stimulating the interest of players/students and enhancing learning. The combined game mechanics have led to blended forms of Escape Rooms, the Serious Escape Games (SEGs) and the hybrid type of Escape Rooms that uses Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality technology, a type that is expected to be widely used in the future. In the current study, the MillSecret is presented, a multi-player Serious Escape Game about local cultural heritage, where the players must solve a riddle about the cultural asset of watermills. MillSecret uses AR technology and it was designed to be conducted in the real-physical environment and in an informal educational context. The paper describes the game, its implementation, the playing process, and its evaluation, which aimed to study the feasibility of game conduction in outdoor settings and the views and experience of players with the game, the local cultural heritage and local history. Evaluation results reveal, among other findings, a very positive first feedback from players that allows us to further evolve the development of the game.

Chapter II. The World Economy

1983 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 26-38
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Industrial Production ◽  
World Economy ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
West Germany ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Minor Extent

The recovery in the OECD area gathered pace in the second quarter, when its total GDP probably increased by as much as 1 per cent. The rise was, however, heavily concentrated in North America and particularly the US. There may well have been a slight fall in Western Europe, where the level of industrial production hardly changed and increases in gross product in West Germany and, to a minor extent, in France were outweighed by falls in Italy and (according to the expenditure measure) the UK.

scholarly journals Things that time forgot Native American objects in Danish Museums Problems and possibilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-76
Author(s):  
Laura Ahlqvist ◽  
Mathias Bjørnevad ◽  
Felix Riede ◽  
Magdalena Naum
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Native American ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Museum Collections ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries ◽  
Museum History ◽  
Rich Material ◽  
Timely Issue

We present a hitherto unresearched part of a shared Danish and American cultural heritage: Native American objects in Danish regional museum collections. Thus far, we have identified more than 200 Native American artefacts in 27 local museums, largely a result of Danes abroad privately collecting in the late 1800s and 1950s–70s. The majority of these artefacts, many of which are prehistoric in age, have never been displayed and have lingered in storage since they were accessioned, understudied and often unrecognised for what they are. Recent deaccessioning pressures from the Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces potentially place these objects at risk of destruction, making the discussions presented here a timely issue. These Native American objects, like the unknown numbers of other non-Danish artefacts held by regional museums, hold tremendous potential to elucidate overlooked parts of Danish museum history, trans-Atlantic networks and interconnectedness in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as rich material cultures originating far from Denmark. We argue that this perspective is highly relevant and should be utilised in Danish museums, as it begets reflections on Danish glocal identity and society in a post-colonial world.

scholarly journals Reseña CROSSCULT. Empowering Reuse of Digital Cultural Heritage in Context-Aware Crosscuts of European History

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia Bocanegra Barbecho
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
European History ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
Digital Cultural Heritage

LYKOURENTZOU, Ioanna, NAUDET, Yannick, VANDENABEELE, Luc, LÓPEZ NORES, Martín, VASSILAKIS, Costas, BIKAKIS, Antonis, SOLANO, Jaime, GIANNAKOPOULOS, Giorgios, VASILAKAKI, Evgenia, PAZOS ARIAS, José Juan. CROSSCULT. Empowering Reuse of Digital Cultural Heritage in Context-Aware Crosscuts of European History. Coord. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, 2016-2019.https://www.crosscult.eu/https://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/200492/factsheet/en

scholarly journals BABA, ŻABA I KROWA, CZYLI ROZWAŻANIA O TYM, JAK DAWNE SĄ LUDOWE WIERZENIA O ŻABIE WYSYSAJĄCEJ MLEKO KROWIE

2020 ◽  
pp. 135-153
Author(s):  
KRZYSZTOF TOMASZ WITCZAK
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Clear Indication ◽  
Common Toad ◽  
Venomous Snake ◽  
Folk Tales ◽  
Folk Beliefs ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Milk Cows ◽  
Grass Snake

The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the archaic status of the Polish folk beliefs about certain amphibians (frogs, toads) and reptiles (snakes, lizards, salamanders) believed to have sucked milk from cows. Some Polish peasants were even convinced that milk cows loved suckers (esp. snakes, frogs) more than their calves. There are many folk tales where a witch or a mythical creature assumes the form of a armful animal to suck cow’s milk. The author demonstrates that the oldest part of these beliefs can be traced to the Proto-Indo-European cultural heritage. In fact, some Indo-European languages have preserved a clear indication of animal cow-suckers in their vocabulary, e.g. Ukr. молокосúс m. ‘lizard, salamander’ (literally ‘milk-sucker’); Lith. žaltỹs, žalktỹs m. ‘a not-venomous snake, esp. the grass snake, the slow worm’, Latv. zalktis, zaltis m. ‘snake’, Latg. zalkts m. ‘the grass snake’ (< PIE. *ĝolh2ktii̯os adj. ‘delighting in milk’ < PIE. *ĝl̥h2kt- n. ‘milk’); OInd. gōdhā́- f. ‘a big lizard’ (< PIE. *gu̯h3eu̯-dheh1- f. ‘a cow-sucker’, cf. PIE. *gu̯h3eu̯s f. ‘cow’ and *dheh1- ‘to suck’); Lat. būfō m. ‘a toad’ (< PIE. *gu̯h3eu̯-dhh1-ōn- m. ‘a cowsucker’); Alb. thithëlopë, also blloçkëlopë f. ‘common toad’ (literally ‘sucking/ chewing cows’); Hitt. akuu̯akuu̯aš c. ‘a toad’ (literally ‘sucking cows’, cf. Hitt. aku- ‘to drink’). It is assumed that the Indo-European beliefs were associated with breeding of cattle and were an attempt at a rational (or not) explanation of the alleged cause of poor lactation or cows’ milk loss. It is likely that the ailing animal was perceived as possessed by a demonic character, although the association of an animal with a witch or a devil was made relatively late and probably under the influence of beliefs from Western Europe.

scholarly journals Fundamental Applications of Mathematics in Agriculture and Cultural Heritage in Daily Life of Melanau Tellian, Mukah, Sarawak: An Ethnomathematics Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 217-227
Author(s):  
Suffina Long ◽  
Yahutazi Chik
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Initial Point ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
The World ◽  
And Mathematics

Mathematics has been measured as a neutral subject and not related to any culture or a society. Learning Mathematics in the modern education system nowadays is an adoption from many parts of the world. This ethnomathematics review is to discover culture and mathematics related to the daily life people of Melanau Tellian in Mukah Sarawak. This study uses a qualitative approach, ethnographic methods and principal such as observation, interview, collecting data and documentation from the fieldwork. The findings showed that the foundation of the Melanau people in Tellian Mukah is essentially based on numbers or Mathematics. It shows in the Melanau’s belief system, social system, traditional games, architecture and in daily practice and tradition. There is a line of relationship between mathematics and culture in this study which can be an initial point for further preservation of Melanau Tellian cultural heritage.

Phallacies

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Competing Interactions ◽  
Mercy Killing ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries

Phallacies: Historical Intersections of Disability and Masculinity is a collection of essays that focuses on disabled men who negotiate their masculinity as well as their disability. Some chapters deal with institutional structures that define what it means to be a man with a disability, and other chapters consider the place of women in situations where masculinity and disability are constructed. Also in this volume, some chapters explore men with physical and war-related disabilities; other chapters investigate male hysteria, suicide clubs, and mercy killing; and still other chapters consider images of male disability in literature and popular culture. All the chapters in this volume regard masculinity and disability in the historical contexts of the Americas and western Europe. Special attention is given to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Taken together, the chapters in the volume offer a nuanced portrait of the complex, and at times competing, interactions between masculinity and disability.

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