Hi Elina,
I don’t know of any published article (I’d like to know) but I can tell some
curious differences that I noted over time. It’s just all empirical.
In Argentina, where I was born and grew up, I was always surprised to see how
the majority of paperfolders are women and the most folded
Hello origami fellows,
I'm looking for published articles about gender differences in origami, if
there are any.
Other subjects of interest are age differences, education and work fields
differences.
Thank you,
Elina Gor
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A good question. There is some research related to origami and gender, see e.g.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=da_sdt=0%2C5=origami+gender=
At least a number of those conclude they didn't see any gender differences. I
haven't read enough of the abstracts to see if none exist - I suspect
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Interesting.
I'm from the deep Midwest. (Nebraska), and most of the very few origami men
I know are about modular, complex dragons etc, and tessellations. The other
woman I know illustrates children's book, does animal origami at cultural
fairs, and the public schools teach the crane to both
Elina Gor is asking about articles on gender diferences and origami, or other
types of human and social differences and origami.
What awesome topics, Elina! I love that kind of subjects! To be honest, the
vast majority of papers I've heard about are regarding origami and math, or
engineering,
Hi all,
No articles or any proof, just an observation.
Historically in the Netherlands fine creative crafts are generally considered
‘for girls’. In the (not even very) old days the craft lessons in school were
knitting and embroidery for girls and carpentry for boys. Of course this was
also