Deep Wholes: Fractal Holography in Trobriand Agency and Culture

Mosko, Mark

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Deep Wholes: Fractal Holography in Trobriand Agency and Culture

Date

2010

Authors

Mosko, Mark

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract

This paper examines the fractal elaborations or self-scaling of the botanical imagery of base, body, tip and fruit which recur throughout Trobriand island culture. This sequence lays out the form of action scenarios including the logic of indigenous personal agency.