About Keisha Thompson
Keisha Thompson FRSA
Our after-dinner speaker for the conference is the writer, producer and performance artist Keisha Thompson FRSA.
One of Keisha’s many current projects is working with Leeds MathsCity and the University of Manchester on the “Very Local Mathematics” project, which co-designs and co-delivers mathematical activities and resources that build on young people’s interests and shares them in public spaces.
Keisha’s ongoing project, “DeCipher”, looks at mathematical pedagogy and how maths can be taught in a creative way in non-educational spaces.
One of the aims of Keisha’s work is to create mathematical interactions that allow for agency, joy and discovery: a maths lesson that feels like a poetry workshop, a dance class or an interactive installation.