That discovery sent Eglash across the continent. What he found – in settlement layouts, in art, and in political life – was that fractal organisation wasn’t an accident of African design. In many cases it was intentional.
That discovery sent Eglash across the continent. What he found – in settlement layouts, in art, and in political life – was that fractal organisation wasn’t an accident of African design. In many cases it was intentional.
https://aeon.co/essays/lessons-from-the-fairness-of-african-fractal-societies
#Africa #society #design #archirecture #reproduction
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