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The Surprising Story of the Kula Ring
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Kula Ring, a ceremonial exchange network of the Trobriand Islands in the western Pacific that linked dozens of island communities in a circle of red shell necklaces and white shell armbands. They trace the system's origins, its role in establishing peaceful trade across the region, and how it was first documented by anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski in the early twentieth century. Along the way, they consider the deeper social bonds the Kula created, the strict rules that governed it, and how it challenges our assumptions about what…
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