Bronisław Malinowski
Polish anthropologist and ethnographer based in England and the USA (1884–1942)
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Bronisław Malinowski was a Polish-born anthropologist who spent much of his career in England and the USA, developing influential methods for studying cultures by living among the people he observed. His work fundamentally shaped how anthropologists conduct fieldwork and understand human societies, making him a central figure in modern anthropology.
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- Born
- 7 April 1884
- Died
- 16 May 1942
- Works
- 187
Top works
- The natives of Mailu
- Geschlechtstrieb und Verdrängung bei den Primitiven
- The Frazer lectures, 1922-1932
- Szkice z teorii kultury
- Essays presented to C. G. Seligman
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Bronisław Kasper Malinowski ( Polish: [brɔˈɲiswaf maliˈnɔfskʲi]; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology.
Malinowski was born and raised in what was part of the Austrian partition of Poland, Kraków. He graduated from King John III Sobieski 2nd High School. In the years 1902–1906 he studied at the philosophy department of the Jagiellonian University and received his doctorate there in 1908. In 1910, at the London School of Economics (LSE), he worked on 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.
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