Bronislaw Malinowski was a leading anthropologist known for his fieldwork in the Pacific Islands. He is credited with developing the method of participant observation, a fundamental approach in modern anthropology. Malinowski's work focused on understanding the culture of a people from their own perspective, a concept known as 'functionalism.'
Source: Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands. The language of magic and gardening. II