Beztroski kolekcjoner: Malinowski i muzealnicy

Authors

  • Michael W. Young Australian National University
  • Anna Klimasara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/ZWAM.2025.12.02

Keywords

Bronisław Malinowski, field research, collection, museology, British Museum, London School of Economics, Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology Western Pacific, Native Cultures

Abstract

This article is a translation of M. W. Young’s text “The Careless Collector: Malinowski and the Antiquarians” published in: Hunting The Gatherers. Ethnographic Collectors, Agents and Agency in Melanesia, 1870s-1930s, edited by Michael O`Hanlon and Robert L. Welsch, Berghahn Books, New York-Oxford, 2000, pp. 181–202. English-speaking readers are encouraged to consult the original. The Polish Ethnological Society has obtained permission for the translation from Berghahn Books. As it was not possible to secure reproduction rights for the photographs specified by the author, the editors have decided to omit them.

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2026-01-14

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W. YOUNG, Michael and KLIMASARA, Anna. Beztroski kolekcjoner: Malinowski i muzealnicy. Annual Review of Museum Anthropology. Online. 14 January 2026. Vol. 12, no. 12, p. 13–40. [Accessed 26 March 2026]. DOI 10.12775/ZWAM.2025.12.02.

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Vol. 12 No. 12 (2025): Zbiór Wiadomości do Antropologii Muzealnej

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