> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Stephanie Bunn > Reference:: https://www.emkp.org/the-humble-basket-emkp-panellist-stephanie-bunn-presents-the-annual-william-fagg-lecture/ > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp #UK/England > WeftLinks:: [[Spiritual value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Craft sustains a connection to ancestors and traditional lands]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Yup’ik create baskets to please the spirits with symmetry. ### Highlights > The lecture drew on the work of American ethno-mathematician, Jerry Lipka, who worked with Yup’ik teachers and elders in Fairbanks, Alaska for decades. He noted the value systems of the Yup’ik on estimation and understanding proportion, often beginning with a ‘simple’ fold. > > the view is that the spirit of the world is pleased with carefully crafted objects, involving symmetry and precision alongside estimation and proportional measuring.