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	For Eglash's paper, see [http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/Eglash_Odumosu.pdf African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design].		For Eglash's paper, see [http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/Eglash_Odumosu.pdf African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design].

	~~===Further Reading===~~		{{FractalReading}}
	*[[Fractal Prosthetics]]
	*[[Fractal Self]]
	*[[Fractal Value]]
	*[[The Fractal Production of Value]]

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	===Further Reading===		===Further Reading===
	*[[Fractal Anthropology]]
	*[[Fractal Prosthetics]]		*[[Fractal Prosthetics]]
	*[[Fractal Self]]		*[[Fractal Self]]
	*[[Fractal Value]]		*[[Fractal Value]]
	*[[The Fractal Production of Value]]		*[[The Fractal Production of Value]]

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	For Eglash's paper, see [http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/Eglash_Odumosu.pdf African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design].		For Eglash's paper, see [http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/Eglash_Odumosu.pdf African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design].

			===Further Reading===
			*[[Fractal Anthropology]]
			*[[Fractal Prosthetics]]
			*[[Fractal Self]]
			*[[Fractal Value]]
			*[[The Fractal Production of Value]]

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	===Definition===		===Definition===
	In [[A Cyborg Manifesto]], [[Donna Haraway\|Haraway]], "analyzes the cyborg, an integral being who is part human, part machine. Without explicit reference to fractal geometry, her vision is essentially fractal" ([[A Cyborg Manifesto\|Haraway]], 1985).		A fractal life is a key component in living as a human in modern technosocial society. In [[A Cyborg Manifesto]], [[Donna Haraway\|Haraway]], "analyzes the cyborg, an integral being who is part human, part machine. Without explicit reference to fractal geometry, her vision is essentially fractal" ([[A Cyborg Manifesto\|Haraway]], 1985).

	"She describes three crucial boundary breakdowns: human/animal, animal- human/machine, and physical/non-physical. She extends these examples to a long list of fractured identities -- self/other, mind/body, culture/nature, male/female, etc -- of political significance. This pathfinding analysis leads the way to a fractal method (the sandy beach) for the deconstruction of all binaries, and the reconstruction of self-images (and scientific categories) as fractal identities" [http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2373.Cyborg/fractals.html].		"She describes three crucial boundary breakdowns: human/animal, animal- human/machine, and physical/non-physical. She extends these examples to a long list of fractured identities -- self/other, mind/body, culture/nature, male/female, etc -- of political significance. This pathfinding analysis leads the way to a fractal method (the sandy beach) for the deconstruction of all binaries, and the reconstruction of self-images (and scientific categories) as fractal identities" [http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2373.Cyborg/fractals.html].

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	"She describes three crucial boundary breakdowns: human/animal, animal- human/machine, and physical/non-physical. She extends these examples to a long list of fractured identities -- self/other, mind/body, culture/nature, male/female, etc -- of political significance. This pathfinding analysis leads the way to a fractal method (the sandy beach) for the deconstruction of all binaries, and the reconstruction of self-images (and scientific categories) as fractal identities" [http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2373.Cyborg/fractals.html].		"She describes three crucial boundary breakdowns: human/animal, animal- human/machine, and physical/non-physical. She extends these examples to a long list of fractured identities -- self/other, mind/body, culture/nature, male/female, etc -- of political significance. This pathfinding analysis leads the way to a fractal method (the sandy beach) for the deconstruction of all binaries, and the reconstruction of self-images (and scientific categories) as fractal identities" [http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2373.Cyborg/fractals.html].

			===Fractal Villages===
			In 1988, Ron Eglash was studying aerial photographs of a traditional
			Tanzanian village when a strangely familiar pattern caught his eye.

			The thatched-roof huts were organized in a geometric pattern of
			circular clusters within circular clusters, an arrangement Eglash
			recognized from his former days as a Silicon Valley computer engineer.
			Stunned, Eglash digitized the images and fed the information into a
			computer. The computer's calculations agreed with his intuition: He was
			seeing fractals.

			Since then, Eglash has documented the use of fractal geometry-the
			geometry of similar shapes repeated on ever-shrinking scales-in
			everything from hairstyles and architecture to artwork and religious
			practices in African culture. The complicated designs and surprisingly
			complex mathematical processes involved in their creation may force
			researchers and historians to rethink their assumptions about
			traditional African mathematics. The discovery may also provide a new
			tool for teaching African-Americans about their mathematical heritage.

			For Eglash's paper, see [http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/Eglash_Odumosu.pdf African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design].

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	===~~Fractal People~~===		===Definition===
	In [[A Cyborg Manifesto]] [[Donna Haraway\|Haraway]], "analyzes the cyborg, an integral being who is part human, part machine. Without explicit reference to fractal geometry, her vision is essentially fractal" ([[A Cyborg Manifesto\|Haraway]], 1985).		In [[A Cyborg Manifesto]], [[Donna Haraway\|Haraway]], "analyzes the cyborg, an integral being who is part human, part machine. Without explicit reference to fractal geometry, her vision is essentially fractal" ([[A Cyborg Manifesto\|Haraway]], 1985).

	"She describes three crucial boundary breakdowns: human/animal, animal- human/machine, and physical/non-physical. She extends these examples to a long list of fractured identities -- self/other, mind/body, culture/nature, male/female, etc -- of political significance. This pathfinding analysis leads the way to a fractal method (the sandy beach) for the deconstruction of all binaries, and the reconstruction of self-images (and scientific categories) as fractal identities" [http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2373.Cyborg/fractals.html].		"She describes three crucial boundary breakdowns: human/animal, animal- human/machine, and physical/non-physical. She extends these examples to a long list of fractured identities -- self/other, mind/body, culture/nature, male/female, etc -- of political significance. This pathfinding analysis leads the way to a fractal method (the sandy beach) for the deconstruction of all binaries, and the reconstruction of self-images (and scientific categories) as fractal identities" [http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2373.Cyborg/fractals.html].

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===Fractal People===
In [[A Cyborg Manifesto]] [[Donna Haraway|Haraway]], "analyzes the cyborg, an integral being who is part human, part machine. Without explicit reference to fractal geometry, her vision is essentially fractal" ([[A Cyborg Manifesto|Haraway]], 1985).

"She describes three crucial boundary breakdowns: human/animal, animal- human/machine, and physical/non-physical. She extends these examples to a long list of fractured identities -- self/other, mind/body, culture/nature, male/female, etc -- of political significance. This pathfinding analysis leads the way to a fractal method (the sandy beach) for the deconstruction of all binaries, and the reconstruction of self-images (and scientific categories) as fractal identities" [http://www.ralph-abraham.org/articles/MS%2373.Cyborg/fractals.html].

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	===Fractal Villages===		===Fractal Villages===
	In 1988, Ron Eglash was studying aerial photographs of a traditional		"In 1988, Ron Eglash was studying aerial photographs of a traditional
	Tanzanian village when a strangely familiar pattern caught his eye.		Tanzanian village when a strangely familiar pattern caught his eye.

	The thatched-roof huts were organized in a geometric pattern of		"The thatched-roof huts were organized in a geometric pattern of
	circular clusters within circular clusters, an arrangement Eglash		circular clusters within circular clusters, an arrangement Eglash
	recognized from his former days as a Silicon Valley computer engineer.		recognized from his former days as a Silicon Valley computer engineer.
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	seeing fractals.		seeing fractals.

	Since then, Eglash has documented the use of fractal geometry-the		"Since then, Eglash has documented the use of fractal geometry-the
	geometry of similar shapes repeated on ever-shrinking scales-in		geometry of similar shapes repeated on ever-shrinking scales-in
	everything from hairstyles and architecture to artwork and religious		everything from hairstyles and architecture to artwork and religious
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	researchers and historians to rethink their assumptions about		researchers and historians to rethink their assumptions about
	traditional African mathematics. The discovery may also provide a new		traditional African mathematics. The discovery may also provide a new
	tool for teaching African-Americans about their mathematical heritage.		tool for teaching African-Americans about their mathematical heritage" [http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/special/eglash.african.fractals.html].

	For Eglash's paper, see [http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/Eglash_Odumosu.pdf African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design].		For Eglash's paper, see [http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/eglash.dir/afractal/Eglash_Odumosu.pdf African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design].