Stawanie się badaczem terenowym według Dziennika Bronisława Malinowskiego
Becoming a field researcher as depicted in Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary

Author(s): Marcin Kozak
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: diary; becoming; field; functionalism; foreigness / strangeness
Summary/Abstract: The author of the monograph attempts at analysing Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary from the The author of the monograph attempts at analysing Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary from the The author of the monograph attempts at analysing Bronisław Malinowski’s Diary from the standpoint of conducting field research. This document, wherein Malinowski expands upon his experiences, does not only give an account of what he went through in Trobriand Islands, but also becomes a journey into his inner life, highly complicated and full of contradictions. When utilising the category of field, the author departures from its strictly geographical meaning that refers to some location, a place. The field in the present monograph acquires a broader sense, which encompasses the entirety of tension occurring between a researcher and reality involving geographical, social, cultural, and psychological components. It means, therefore, that we deal with a process, comprehensively depicted by Malinowski’s Diary, allowing us to look at a research endeavour from multifaceted perspective, providing us with a picture of him as both a researcher and a human being. Scholarly / scientific works are devoid of descriptions of researchers’ mood, particular emotional states, or intensely personal thoughts or ruminations. They are well-honed intellectual products designed to prompt awe, admiration or, conversely, to provoke criticism. Diary, which at times astounds readers by its straightforwardly delivered powerful message, shows the ins and outs of the path to research data collation. Often it becomes a mirror for readers to reflect upon themselves in order to see our weaknesses, failures, but also successes and moments of elation. The monograph is written for a wide spectrum of audiences — not only social sciences’ and humanities’ students, but also non-academic readers aiming at quenching their thirst for knowledge.

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