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“Coastal sailing as long as it is perfectly safe and easy commands no magic. Overseas expeditions are invariably bound up with ceremonies and ritual. Man resorts to magic only where chance and circumstances are not fully controlled by knowledge.”

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Bronislaw Malinowski

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.' more

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