Cyrkus
physical, material, and conceptual learning about motion
2003-present
Strohecker, C.
- CS role:
- initiator, designer
- Paper:
- In preparation - Computational materials and the human body as
media for learning about movement
CITATION
- In preparation - Computational materials and the human body as
media for learning about movement
- Monograph:
- 2005 - Learning Cyrkus: A New Art and Science of Mind/Body Acrobatics
CITATION
- 2005 - Learning Cyrkus: A New Art and Science of Mind/Body Acrobatics
- Related project:
- Related proposal:
- 1987 - Learning at the Zoo (Seymour Papert and Associates, Epistemology & Learning Group, MIT Media Lab)
A video accompanied this group-authored proposal.
- 1987 - Learning at the Zoo (Seymour Papert and Associates, Epistemology & Learning Group, MIT Media Lab)
- Press:
- Website:
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Circus arts and sciences inspire this design for an interdisciplinary, international, intergenerational learning environment. The approach merges physical activity, accessible technology and stylized performance. Movements of the body fuel an integrated knowledge base that involves writing, history, engineering, design, physics, images, music and maths. Video, wearable sensors and computer programming tools become media for inquiry and creative self-expression.