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🧭 Cultural Contact Fieldwork: 2D Axelrod Model

Axelrod model of cultural dissemination on a village grid: homophilous contact, cultural regions, drift, barriers and implanted cultures.

Networks & Graph Theory2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

Details

CategoryNetworks & Graph Theory

RenderingCanvas 2D

DifficultyModerate

Target FPS60

ControlsSliders for grid size, number of cultural features, traits per feature, speed and drift noise; presets (scattered villages, consensus, near critical, cultural drift, mountain wall); click to inspect a culture, drag to implant it or to place barriers.

anthropologyethnographycultural diffusionAxelrod modelagent-based modelhomophily

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⚙ Under the hood

Interactive 2D Axelrod model of cultural dissemination on a village grid: neighbours interact with probability equal to their cultural overlap, producing cultural regions, borders and diversity collapse. Inspect cultures, implant a culture or raise barriers, and watch regions, active links and overlap on a live graph.

anthropologyethnographycultural diffusionAxelrod modelagent-based modelhomophily

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install