Ron Eglash talks about his work exploring the rigorous fractal math underpinning African architecture, art and even hair braiding.
"I am a mathematician, and I would like to stand on your roof." This is how he greeted many African families while researching the intriguing fractal patterns he noticed in villages across the continent.
Ron Eglash is an ethno-mathematician: he studies the way math and cultures intersect. He has shown that many aspects of African design -- in architecture, art, even hair braiding -- are based on perfect fractal patterns.
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by Andres, on December 05 2007:
Hi Patricia! We're both submitting at the same time :-) Great to see you're back!!
by Andres, on December 05 2007:
oooh fractals! Gonna watch
by Patricia, on December 05 2007:
I do like this subject about fractals, thanks to a great professor who did teach me about them. They are really spectacular in a mysterious way!!!
...thanks for always welcoming me at this great space - Thoughtware.tv. Glad to be back.
by Patricia, on December 05 2007:
...also thanks for the silent but obvious help [always] with the thumbnails and this embedding thing.
by Andres, on December 05 2007:
"All these PDA's and Laptops, every digital circuit in the Earth, started in Africa"
"...the idea of self-organization is in the brain...
It is in Google Search Engine, the reason they were such a success is because they were first ones to take advantage of the self-organizational properties of the web."
Fractals are amazing. I had no idea about fractals in African culture nor the use of fractals in geomancy. Thanks a bunch for this awesome video :)
by Andres, on December 05 2007:
Oh, I made the Ted embed code auto start and gave it a bigger width/height, but I actually didn't update any thumbnails. If you didn't, maybe someone else did?
thanks again :)
by Patricia, on December 05 2007:
About the thumbnails, I did. I was talking about other times, when you help us all with nice thumbnails and so. :-)
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