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Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (Polish: [brɔˈɲiswaf maliˈnɔfskʲi]; 7 April 1884 – 16 May 1942) was a Polish-British anthropologist and ethnologist whose writings on ethnography, social theory, and field research have exerted a lasting influence on the discipline of anthropology.
May 12, 2024 · Bronisław Malinowski was one of the most important anthropologists of the 20th century who is widely recognized as a founder of social anthropology and principally associated with field studies of the peoples of Oceania. Malinowski was the son of Lucjan Malinowski, a professor of Slavic philology.
May 4, 2023 · Bronislaw Malinowski’s impact on the field of anthropology is undeniable. His pioneering work on Functionalism, participant observation, and ethnographic fieldwork has had a lasting influence on the discipline. One of Malinowski’s most significant contributions was his emphasis on studying cultures in terms of their functions.
Jun 27, 2018 · MALINOWSKI, BRONISLAW (1884 – 1942), Polish-English social anthropologist. Born into an educated and aristocratic family, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski received his Ph.D. in physics and mathematics from the Jagiellonian University of his native Cracow in 1908.
Bronisław Malinowski, (born April 7, 1884, Kraków, Pol., Austria-Hungary—died May 16, 1942, New Haven, Conn., U.S.), Polish-British anthropologist. He is principally associated with studies of the peoples of Oceania and with the school of thought known as functionalism.
Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (April 7, 1884 – May 16, 1942) was a Polish anthropologist widely considered to be one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century. Malinowski was a pioneer in developing the field of cultural anthropology.
Jul 31, 2019 · Bronisław Malinowski (b. 1884–d. 1942) is arguably the most influential anthropologist of the 20th century, certainly for British social anthropology.
Jun 13, 2017 · The Department of Anthropology’s Katharine Fletcher looks back at its first occupant, pioneering social anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. Malinowski was born in Poland and spent much of the First World War conducting fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands, bringing the findings of his work to LSE in the 1920s.
Malinowski continues his fieldwork during subsequent travels to Australia and Oceania. In 1916, he gains his PhD at the University of London. He marries Elsie Masson, the daughter of Sir David Masson who is a chemistry professor at Melbourne University. They have three daughters: Józefa, Wanda and Helena.
Other observers, describing Malinowski's qualities as a scientist and a researcher, speak of his humanity, intellectual honesty, enthus iasm, passionate convictions and deep devotion to anthropology.
