Bronisław Malinowski
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Bronisław Kasper Malinowski was a Polish anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropol
Malinowski, c. 1930
Plate I photo, Malinowski's Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922), showing a village and Malinowski's tent
Bronislaw Malinowski with natives on Trobriand Islands; between October 1917 and October 1918.
Malinowski with Trobriand Islanders, 1918
Trobriand Islands
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The Trobriand Islands are a 450-square-kilometre archipelago of coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea. They are part of the nation of Papua New Guinea and are in Milne Bay Province. Most of th
Bronisław Malinowski
…exchange and economics, analysing Aboriginal Australia through ethnographic documents. In 1914, he travelled to Australia. He conducted research in the Trobriand Islands and other regions in New Guinea and Melanesia where he stayed for several years, studying indigenous cultures. Returning to England after World War I…
Soul boat, Kiriwina, Trobriand Islands (wood and white lime)
A plaque dedicated to Bronisław Malinowski in Omarakana, decorated by village children