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MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884-1942):
Polish-born English ANTHROPOLOGIST who developed a method of field research of a qualitatively new kind. He lived for an extended period among the people he was studying, speaking their language, and participating in their activities (but never attempting to alter their ways). Invented what is now called "participant-observation." Wrote: Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922).
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