Blog | Making Maths

Ricardo Nemirovsky

Wrapping it up | 11 October 2022

Last March I went to study the Mary Harris archive at Goldsmith College in London. The materials of this archive are crucial to...

Rachel Stenhouse

Number processing deficits | 7 June 2022

(a talk by Yael Benn) Yael gave a really interesting talk about her work on those with acalculia, in particular stroke survivors. Her...

Tam Dibley

Fröbel's Gifts | 25th May 2022

On the 25th of May 2022, a small group met to discuss the educational philosophy of Friedrich Fröbel, whilst also having the chance to...

Sue Hough and Jo Kennedy

Completing the square | 10 May 2022

(a talk by Rachel Stenhouse) I found it interesting to learn how students in a private school are prepared for Oxford and Cambridge...

Kate O'Brien

Paper Weaving | 20 April 2022

(an Art & Geometry session) We’ve been running an informal group at MMU called “Art and Geometry” since 2018. Before the pandemic, we...

Tam Dibley

Ecsite, Geneva | 7-9 June 2018

Ecsite is a large gathering of academics and professionals from informal education and museums around the world. We went to take part in...

Making Maths

Tinkering with Curves | 16-17 Apr 2018

In April 2018, we helped to set up a seminar which explored a connection between basketry and mathematics. This took place at the Byre...

Tam Dibley

Anthropology of Geometry | 25-26 Jan 2018

We presented a workshop on tensegrities to a diverse group of academics at the Anthropology of Geometry seminar in Aberdeen. It was a...

Tam Dibley

The Exploratorium | 15-20 Jan 2018

The Exploratorium is one of the largest informal science and maths museums in the world. They were also one of the first to introduce a...

Tam Dibley

Fabric Bowls - First Explorations

After meeting at the Anthropology of Geometry seminar in Manchester, UK, Tam and Ricardo began working on the fabric bowls project that...

Tam Dibley

Tensegrities - First Explorations

Our initial explorations of tensegrities have helped us to get our heads around what's involved with conceiving and making these...