Field Notes 487-492

Name: Field Notes 487-492
Author: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942

in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 1: Papers relating to Malinowski's studies of the Trobriands Islands, Folder 18: [Notes]) (London, England) (1918) , 19 page(s)

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Abstract / Summary: A page labeled 'Field Notes 487-492' introduces nine pages of handwritten notes on fishing and maritime trading, including: the cultural role; a map of the Trobriand Islands with numerous labels in indigenous text; fishing expeditions; fishing magic; a diagram of canoe arrangements; fishing and inland trading; and the Kula maritime trading cycle. They are written on the back of various reused stationery, including: partial typed notes on field methodology; a partial, written letter from the Seligmans; a partial, typed manuscript on the Mailu of southern New Guinea; and letterhead from the London School of Economics.
Field of Interest: Anthropology
Content Type: Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Warning: Contains explicit content: No
Format: Text
Page Count: 19
Subject: Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural anthropology, Trade and commerce, Artisanal fishing, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Trobriand Islanders
Keywords and Translated Subjects: Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural