Editing Jigsaw puzzle (section)

==Society==
The logo of [[Wikipedia]] is a globe made out of jigsaw pieces. The incomplete sphere symbolizes the room to add new knowledge.<ref name="NYT-20070625">{{cite news |last=Cohen |first=Noam |date=June 25, 2007 |title=Some Errors Defy Fixes: A Typo in Wikipedia's Logo Fractures the Sanskrit |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25wikipedia.html |url-status=live |access-date=January 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905191053/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/25/technology/25wikipedia.html?fta=y |archive-date=September 5, 2017}}</ref>

In the logo of the [[Colombia]]n [[Office of the Attorney General of Colombia|Office of the Attorney General]], a jigsaw puzzle piece appears in the foreground. They named it "The Key Piece": "The piece of a puzzle is the proper symbol to visually represent the Office of the Attorney General because it includes the concepts of search, solution and answers that the entity pursues through the investigative activity."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiscalia.gov.co/colombia/en/about-us/el-logo-el-himno/ |title='The Logo, The anthem'|publisher=Fiscalía General de la Nación (Colombia) |date=2018-12-02}}</ref>

===Art and entertainment===
The central antagonist in the [[Saw (franchise)|''Saw'']] film franchise is nicknamed [[Jigsaw (Saw character)|Jigsaw]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387564/ |title='Saw' IMDB page |publisher=Internet Movie Database |date=2004-10-29}}</ref> due to his practice of cutting the shape of a puzzle piece from the remains of his victims.

In the 1933 [[Laurel and Hardy]] short ''[[Me and My Pal (1933 film)|Me and My Pal]]'', several characters attempt to complete a large jigsaw puzzle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024316/ |title='Me and My Pal' IMDB page |publisher=Internet Movie Database |date=2015-08-29}}</ref>

''[[Lost in Translation (poem)|Lost in Translation]]'' is a poem about a child putting together a jigsaw puzzle, as well as an interpretive puzzle itself.

''[[Life: A User's Manual]]'', [[Georges Perec]]'s most famous novel, tells as pieces of a puzzle a story about a jigsaw puzzle maker.

[[Jigsaw Puzzle (song)]], sometimes spelled "Jig-Saw Puzzle" is a song by the [[rock and roll]] band [[The Rolling Stones]], featured on their 1968 album ''[[Beggars Banquet]]''.

In "[[Citizen Kane]]" Susan Alexander Kane (Dorothy Comingore) is reduced to spending her days completing jigsaws after the failure of her operatic career. After Kane's death when "[[Xanadu (Citizen Kane)|Xanadu]]" is emptied, hundreds of jigsaw puzzles are discovered in the cellar.

[https://digg.com/video/rhett-and-link-puzzle Rhett And Link Do A Rainy Day Jigsaw Puzzle] is a short video by self-described "internetainers" ([[portmanteau]] of "Internet" and "entertainers") [[Rhett & Link]] which portrays the frustration of discovering a puzzle piece is missing.

In 2022, [[Andorra]] issued a commemorative 2 euro coin, on the national side of which a figure of puzzle pieces was stamped, symbolising the Principality of Andorra and the countries belonging to the European Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/coins/comm/html/comm_2022.en.html |title=€2 commemorative coins - 2022 |publisher=European Central Bank | access-date=2024-10-25}}</ref>

===Mental health===
According to the [[Alzheimer Society of Canada]], doing jigsaw puzzles is one of many activities that can help keep the brain active and may reduce the risk of [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>[http://www.alzheimer.ca/english/brain/challengeyourself.htm Healthy Brain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212111954/http://alzheimer.ca/english/brain/challengeyourself.htm |date=2010-12-12 }} Alzheimer Society of Canada Accessed 30 March 2011</ref>

[[File:Autismawareness.jpg|thumb|upright|An "autism awareness" ribbon, featuring red, blue, and yellow jigsaw pieces]]
Jigsaw puzzle pieces were first used as a symbol for [[Autism spectrum|autism]] in 1963 by the United Kingdom's [[National Autistic Society]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autism.org.uk/news-and-events/about-the-nas/who-we-are/timeline/timeline-text-only-version.aspx |title=NAS timeline (text only version) |publisher=National Autistic Society |date=2015-02-09 |access-date=2022-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144250/http://www.autism.org.uk/news-and-events/about-the-nas/who-we-are/timeline/timeline-text-only-version.aspx |archive-date=2014-07-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The organization chose jigsaw pieces for their logo to represent the "puzzling" nature of autism and the inability to "[[Conformity|fit in]]" due to social differences, and also because jigsaw pieces were recognizable and otherwise unused.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=2183&d=364|title=Perspectives on a puzzle piece|publisher=National Autistic Society|date=June 1997|access-date=2022-02-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023060417/http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?a=2183&d=364|archive-date=2007-10-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> Puzzle pieces have since been incorporated into the logos and promotional materials of many organizations, including the [[Autism Society of America]] and [[Autism Speaks]].

Proponents of the [[autism rights movement]] oppose the jigsaw puzzle iconography, stating that metaphors such as "puzzling" and "incomplete" are harmful to autistic people. Critics of the puzzle piece symbol instead advocate for a gold-colored or red [[infinity]] symbol representing diversity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unpuzzled.net/2012/05/02/i-am-not-a-puzzle-from-reports-from-a-resident-alien/|title=I am not a puzzle: From Reports from a Resident Alien|author=Lisa D. (full last name unknown)|publisher=Unpuzzled|date=2012-05-02|access-date=2014-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730054432/http://unpuzzled.net/2012/05/02/i-am-not-a-puzzle-from-reports-from-a-resident-alien/|archive-date=2014-07-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, the journal [[Autism (journal)|''Autism'']] concluded that the use of the jigsaw puzzle evoked negative public perception towards autistic individuals. They removed the puzzle piece from their cover in February 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Diament|first1=Michelle|title=Autism Journal Abandons Puzzle Piece|url=https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2018/02/02/autism-journal-abandons-puzzle/24668/|access-date=March 18, 2018|work=Disability Scoop|date=February 2, 2018|language=en}}</ref>