There is no better feeling than knowing that I have a little something in common with the founder of Social Anthropology! Ah yes, Bronislaw Malinowski obviously just the nationality... And even though it doesn't sound extremely exciting to most of you it did sound unbelievably great to me when I first heard his name in one of my lectures last year. I realise it will sound a bit silly, but I did feel kind of proooud... And when I heard the lecturer pronouncing Bronislaw's name with a British accent I thought "aaaawwww"...
"Malinowski founded the field of Social Anthropology known as Functionalism, holding the belief that all components of society interlock to form a well-balanced system. He emphasized characteristics of beliefs, ceremonies, customs, institutions, religion, ritual and sexual taboos. His New York Times obituary named him an "integrator of ten thousand cultural characteristics" (Parker, p. 118)." (Voelker 2007)

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