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Introduction

This is a translation of the “official” project, that we wrote last year, and which enabled us to get the money.
I think that Eric and me have some what advanced from here, since.







B - Description of the Project


B1 – Aims and context



  B2 – Description of the project


 Indeed, our proposal involves the study of mathematical activities in New Guinea, Arctic and India. These activities (cat’s cradles, mathematical riddles…) represent aspects of mathematical activities that are not written down, but transmitted orally or with body language.










[1We finally never got anything done with him, who wasn’t too interested in fact, but his name was in the project.

[2We finally never got anything done with him, who wasn’t too interested in fact, but his name was in the project.