Englash explains the various reasons why African fractals use the materials they do and are constructed and decorated in the way that they are. These reasons range from the availability of certain materials in the natural environment, to military and historical significance, to purely decorative reasons. The way in which the fractals are built revolve around how life in the fractal is lived and it is a direct consequence of each fractals' setting and history. Each of the various reasons why the fractal is constructed in the particular way it is is not haphazard, rather it has evolved and the building structure itself is deeply connected with daily life.
What then, happens if basic construction material becomes scarce or the fractal is otherwise unable to be built in a traditionally accurate way? More broadly, how specifically is daily life affected when the basic household structure is altered? Are kinship ties strained or stressed when they are contained within an altered physical structure?
Continuing on this line of thought then, I wonder about these questions in the context of immigrant families who move and live in physical structures that are starkly different than that in which kinship ties were created and cultivated? How would a family that is used to living and functioning in a fractal function in an apartment building? Daily living and familial relations are shaped by the structure they are within and these presumably change to fit whatever mold they are in. The question is how does this shifting occur, and where specifically in daily life does it most affect?
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