Malinowski

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A Polish-born British scientist who studies people and their cultures by living with them

proper noun
/ˌmælɪˈnɔski/

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The anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski is well-known for his contributions to the study of cultural practices.
Bronislaw Malinowski
Malinowski's functionalism
Malinowski and Mead

Examples

Bronisław Malinowski developed the method of participant observation, revolutionizing fieldwork in anthropology.
Malinowski found them to be... a very happy and contented people.

Circle of Friends (1995)
In his reflections on fieldwork, Malinowski suggests:

Academic text (1998)
In that sense, Malinowski's understanding of the psychosocial function of encounters such as Delwar's was correct.

Academic text (2001)
Malinowski summed up these traits and pointed to their significance in the concept of weirdness.

Academic text (1996)
Popularized by British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski, functionalism held that cultural practices existed because they served functions in the communities that maintained them.

Academic text (2013)
Modernist ethnographers such as Franz Boas in the United States and Bronislaw Malinowski in Great Britain saw their new craft as directly challenging these academically based constructions.

Academic text (2000)
In his research, Malinowski emphasized the importance of understanding the context of social interactions.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Malinowski is a Polish family name that comes from malina ('raspberry') and the ending -owski ('from' or 'of a place'). So it originally meant someone 'from the place of raspberries', a simple image that can help you remember the anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski.