Ateneo Mathematics, Art, Culture and Creativity Laboratory

The research group works on projects that link mathematics to the arts and sciences, design, and Philippine culture. It has been working on research in understanding the mathematics in the artworks of the Philippine indigenous communities such as mats, baskets, tattoos and textile.

Members

Ma. Louise Antonette N. De Las Peñas
Agnes D. Garciano
Mark L. Loyola
Mark D.Tomenes
Debbie Marie B. Verzosa, University of Southern Mindanao

Cooperations

Dr. Analyn Salvador- Amores, University of the Philippines-Baguio
Mr. Floy Quintos
Museo Kordilyera
Yuchengco Museum

Publications

De Las Peñas, M. L. A. N., Garciano, A. D., Verzosa, D. M. B. Mathematics Embedded in Culture, The Weaves of the Batak Basketry. Philippine Studies Historical and Ethnographical Viewpoints 69-1 (2021) 35-70.
link: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/162/
De Las Peñas, M. L. A. N. and Salvador-Amores, A. Enigmatic Geometric Tattoos of the Butbut of Kalinga, Philippines (with A. Salvador-Amores) The Mathematical Intelligencer (2019) 31-38.
De Las Peñas, M. L. A. N., Garciano, A. D., Verzosa, D. M. B and Taganap, E. Crystallographic Patterns in Philippine Indigenous Textile. Journal of Applied Crystallography 51 (2018), 456-469.
link: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/21/
De Las Peñas, M. L. A. N. and Salvador-Amores, A. Mathematical and Anthropological Analysis of Northern Luzon Funerary Textile. Philippine Journal of Science 45-1 (2016), 87-101.
link: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/1/
De Las Peñas, M. L. A. N, Garciano, A.D. and Verzosa, D.M.B. Weaving Mat(h)s .The Mathematical Intelligencer 36(4) (2014), 36-46.
link: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/29/
De Las Peñas, M.L.A.N. , Garciano, A.D. and Verzosa, D.M.B. Color Symmetry in the Hand Woven Mats of the Jama Mapun.Bridges Seoul: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture (eds. G.Greenfield, G.Hart, and R. Sarhangi), Tessellations Publishing, Arizona (2014), 357-360.
link: https://archium.ateneo.edu/mathematics-faculty-pubs/28/