When was Bronisław Malinowski born and where did he die?
Bronisław Malinowski was born on the 7th of April 1884 in Kraków. He died in New Haven Connecticut on the 16th of May 1942.
Bronisław Malinowski was born on the 7th of April 1884 in Kraków. He died in New Haven Connecticut on the 16th of May 1942.
From August 1914 to March 1915 Bronisław Malinowski conducted research on Toulon Island and Woodlark Island. He subsequently spent extended periods living among Trobriand Islanders from May 1915 to May 1916 and October 1917 to October 1918.
Argonauts of the Western Pacific published in 1922 became widely regarded as a masterpiece by Bronisław Malinowski. The text described the society and economy of Trobriand people who lived on the small Kiriwana island chain northeast of New Guinea.
Bronisław Malinowski died aged 58 of a stroke while preparing to resume fieldwork in Oaxaca. His death occurred on the 16th of May 1942 at Yale University where he served as a visiting professor.
After his death his personal diary along with several others written in Polish was discovered in his Yale University office. First published in 1967 covering the period of his fieldwork from 1914 to 1915 and 1917 to 1918 it set off a storm of controversy within the anthropological community.