ANTH 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Trobriand Islands, Edward Burnett Tylor
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Central igure within the ield and had great impact: major work during wwi (100 years ago) Theoreicians like tylor were armchair anthropologists (they didn"t do their own ield work and relied on the work of others to conduct their searches) 20th century led to more ield workers: learned informant someone from the culture being studied. *recorded songs from other cultures to study musical anthropology* Fieldwork used intense interviews and an interpreter. London school of economics relied on armchair anthropology predominately. *malinowski is rumored to have named every second book he wrote with sex in the itle, because these books would sell and he would be able to use these funds to publish his next work* Annete weiner studied trobriands: some argue that she completely revised malinowski"s work, she brought women"s roles in the culture to the foreground in her research. Comparaive data: names for diferent people (see aunt, uncle, mother, father, etc.
