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Bronisław Malinowski
1884 - 1942 · Anthropologist · b. in Kraków
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Polish anthropologist and ethnographer (1884-1942)
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 anthropology.
Key achievements
- 01Founder of the functionalist school of anthropology
- 02Author of Argonauts of the Western Pacific
- 03Pioneer of fieldwork through cultural immersion
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