AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY: ANDRZEJ WALIGORSKI

• Authors: Kubica G.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article tackles methodological problems connected with biographical research on anthropologists carried out by other anthropologists. The authoress takes the perspective of Michael Herzfeld and his concept of 'anthropologizing history', i.e., giving voice to those who are deprived of it. Another source of inspiration is George Stocking's idea of the contextualized history of the discipline seen as the background of contemporary assumptions and controversies. Andrzej Waligorski's (1908-1974) biography is analyzed from various perspectives: the liberal and intellectual background of Cracow; the influence of Bronislaw Malinowski and of British anthropology; Waligorski's fieldwork in Kenya and colonialism; his lectureship at the Jagiellonian University and, finally, the marginalization of both the person of Waligorski and the discipline of anthropology. .

Keywords

EN

BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF ANTHROPOLOGY; MALINOWSKI BRONISLAW; WALIGORSKI ANDRZEJ

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Journal: Sprawy Narodowościowe
• Year: 2006
• Issue: 29
• Pages: 29-32
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kubica G.

• G. Kubica, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Socjologii, Zaklad Antropologii Spolecznej, ul. Grodzka 52, 31-044 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA01904068