Rolf Ziegler
The Kula Ring of Bronislaw Malinowski: Simulating the Co-Evolution of an Economic and Ceremonial Exchange System
Note: This is a short presentation of a research project published in Ziegler (2007). The English written book may be downloaded from the home page of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences: http://publikationen.badw.de/BV022481013.pdf.
Abstract: The Kula Ring, described by Bronislaw Malinowski, is a system of ceremonial gift exchange among a number of tribal societies inhabiting various island groups in the region east of Papua New Guinea. Two ceremonial gifts circulate in opposite directions: necklaces clockwise and armshells counterclockwise. After a brief description of the social system of Kula exchange, a game-theoretic ...
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