Off the Verandah

Bronislaw Malinowski changed the way that field studies were carried out He worked on a remote group of Pacific islandsthe Trobriandsand lived for long periods among the people he was studying A brilliant linguist he quickly learned their language and later published books which brought the islanders to life The idea that native peoples were primitive savages was altered for good with Malinowskis insight into their mastery of their world