# Ron Eglash
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ron eglash (born December 25, 1958 in Chestertown, Maryland) is an American who works in cybernetics, professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan with a secondary appointment in the School of Design, and an author widely known for his work in the field of ethnomathematics, which aims to study the diverse relationships between mathematics and culture.
== Work ==
His research includes the use of fractal patterns in African architecture, art, and religion, and the relationships between indigenous cultures and modern technology, such as that between Native American cultural and spiritual practices and cybernetics. He holds a bachelor's degree in cybernetics and a master's in systems engineering both at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph.D. in history of consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
What's Benin Going On? - Ep 206
We meant to tackle this question before, but we can’t wait any longer! The Benin Bronzes have received media attention lately in a series of newsworthy announcements to repatriate them from various museums in North America and Europe to Nigeria. What are these alliterative artifacts, and how did th…
What's Benin Going On? - Dirt 206
We meant to tackle this question before, but we can’t wait any longer! The Benin Bronzes have received media attention lately in a series of newsworthy announcements to repatriate them from various museums in North America and Europe to Nigeria. What are these alliterative artifacts, and how did th…
Plants as People Care
My guest today is Nathan Carlos Rupley. A member of my permaculture community, he spends his time as a stay-at-home dad, self employed-artist, and aspiring hunter-gatherer.
When not hanging out with his family or walking in the woods, you can find him reading about a wide range of subjects inclu…
How to Solve the Worlds Pressing Problems? (feat: Dr. Ron Eglash) Part 1
Have you ever heard of Cybernetics? Now's your time to learn!
Cybernetics is the study of social systems, such as Capitalism or Communism, with the assistance of science and tech, so we can improve those very systems.
In this episode, we talked about " Extraction Economies," and examples of sustain…
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1.1 Africa - Notches and stars
Notches and stars: How Africa invented the languages of calculation
Forty-three thousand years ago, a human hand carved twenty-nine notches on a baboon bone in a cave in southern Africa. Twenty-nine marks—the exact length of a lunar cycle.
The Lebombo bone is the oldest evidence of numerical think…
2.1 Africa — The Sand Libraries
The Sand Libraries: How Medieval Africa Inscribed Thought in Memory
There are libraries that the wind cannot erase.
In 1324, a man crossed the Sahara with a caravan so sumptuous that it shook Egypt's economy. Mansa Musa, Emperor of Mali, carried so much gold that his passage caused an inflation tha…
3.2 Africa — The Aquifers of Knowledge
The Aquifers of Knowledge: How Early Modern Africa Secretly Nourished European Thought
There exist transmissions that cannot be seen. Like water seeping into the ground and resurfacing kilometers from its source, certain knowledge traveled through underground channels that official history has not …
4.1 Africa — The Invisible Threads
The Invisible Threads: How Africa Wove the Foundations of Computing That Colonialism Tried to Erase
There exist transmissions that official history refuses to see. Threads of knowledge running beneath the surface of dominant narratives, invisible but never broken.
In 1884, fourteen European powers …
The Thread: Dr. Ron Eglash
Dr. Ron Eglash is a professor and researcher known for pioneering work on fractals, culturally situated design, and generative justice. He is the founder of the Center for Generative Justice and author of African Fractals.Perfect for listeners who want a sharper vision of technology, justice, and e…
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