01/03/2026
MEET DR CHARLOTTE MÉGROURÈCH!
Charlotte's talk "Looping Mathematics: Is this Mathematics?" is taking place at 3pm on Wednesday 11th March in room G.205 of the Alan Turing Building.
About Charlotte:
Charlotte Mégrourèche is a Research Associate on the Very Local Maths project. She comes from a background in mathematics teaching and conducts research in mathematics education. Her research interests focus on the potential continuities between mathematics and crafts, and on how making can engage mathematical thinking. Drawing on her experience across educational and creative settings, she is curious about how interdisciplinary approaches can broaden the scope of mathematical activity and open alternative ways of engaging with it. She is particularly drawn to questions of inclusion, and to the possibility of addressing them by reflecting on how mathematics is practiced, shared, and valued.
About the talk:
As a researcher in mathematics education, a question at the centre of my work is what gets to count as mathematics? I am particularly interested in documenting marginal mathematical practices and, from their singularity, questioning some of our habits in relation to how we make sense and imagine mathematical engagement in and outside of schools. In this presentation, I introduce a collaboration with a basket weaver who engages a distinctive form of mathematical practice through a weaving technique known as ‘cycloid looping’. I present some of her pieces in which she explores numerical patterns, curvature and topological questions through material experimentation. I use these examples to open questions about what mathematics can be and who we recognise as doing it.
