Ron Eglash Biography

Ron Eglash works in cybernetics, professor of science and technology studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and author widely known for his work in the field of ethnomathematics, which aims to study the diverse relationships between mathematics and culture and is the author of African Fractals a book that examines the fractal patterns underpinning architecture art and design in many parts of Africa. Ron has also conducted studies in teaching children math and computing through simulations of indigenous and vernacular cultural practices. Ron teaches in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York and he recently co-edited the book Appropriating Technology about how we reinvent consumer tech for our own uses.

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