Bronislaw Malinowski
Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) entered anthropology having already obtained a doctorate in chemistry. He is credited with being the father of participant observation due to his 1922 study, Argonauts of the Western Pacific, researched while stranded in the for Trobriand Islands during World War I. In this work, Malinowski describes the “kula ring,” an cycle in which the goods exchanged are secondary to the social relationships created and maintained by their transfer.
Selected Publication:
Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An account of native enterprise in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea (1922)
Source:
Ashley Montagu, M. F. (1942) Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942). Isis 34(2):146-150.
Selected Publication:
Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An account of native enterprise in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea (1922)
Source:
Ashley Montagu, M. F. (1942) Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942). Isis 34(2):146-150.