Trobriand Islands

The Trobriand Islands, located on the coast of Eastern New Guinea, is one of anthropology’s most “scared places”(Weiner 1). Malinowski and Weiner both did fieldwork research there that later became significant ethnographic work about the matrilineal society. Gender plays an important role in Trobriand Islands. Women and men have different duties in the economy and with children. Additionally, for the people of Trobriand Islands, food is not only something they eat, but something with great social importance. This report will explain the Women and men’s roles in Trobriand Islands and discuss how food influences their society. Women are of genealogical significance in the Trobriand Islands because in a matrilineal society, descent will be reckoned through women.…

The role of Sex and Sexual Agency in 19th Century Trobriand Island Culture The Trobriand Islanders are a tribal scale society with a rich culture. Sexuality is widely renowned as an important aspect to their culture as it is something that is incorporated into everyday life from a very young age. This essay will explore the importance of sexual agency plays during childhood and adolescents and will then go on to explore how sexuality permeates everyday life. It will explain the influence that…

This source outlined the Bronislaw Malinowski’s entire history and career. Malinowski, second to Radcliffe-Brown, was the most influential British social anthropologist. Initially, he was set out to New Guinea to do fieldwork, however, he was stopped at the Trobriand Islands when World War I broke out. This unfortunate turn of events was beneficial to Malinowski because he lived among the Trobriand Islanders for several years. While on the island, Malinowski analyzed the Kula Ring, which was…

14. Discuss the Kula Ring of the Trobriand Islands: what is it, how does it function, and what symbolic and practical significance does it have for Trobrianders? (10 Points) The Trobiand Island is populated by a society who are horticulturalists. The Kula Ring is practiced by Trobiand islanders where they exchange for ceremonial reasons. There are two important traditional items called the Soulava and the Mwali. The Soulava is a symbolic item, it is a necklace of red shell move in clockwise.…

considered significance in the matrilineal society of women own wealth since he didn’t investigate women productive by only focus on the male wealth. Therefore, the author study both Trobriand women and men from their matrilineal descent emerged, kinship that form the chiefly power and focused on women productive work, how they distributed their wealth which was bundles of banana exchanged with other women after the death of their husband. However, Malinowski noted that the high status of…

The question you may be asking yourself is what is a Kushtaka? The Kushtaka, loosely translated to “land otter man,” by the Tlingit people of Southeastern Alaska, is a legendary shapeshifting creature that is endowed with supernatural powers, and lives in an uncharted rainforest. Kushtaka employs psychological tactics to subdue their victims, the Kushtaka is also said to have telekinetic powers and the ability to manipulate time and space, moving at mind-blowing speed from one position to the…

more comparative studies with collected data used to analyze the differences of various cultures. Anthropologist Bronislow Malinowski created an important foundation of fieldwork known as functionalism, which was then a new way to see other cultures. Malinowski argued that the establishment of culture was created to meet the needs of individuals rather than the complete society. He believed that “society is like a biological organism with many interconnected parts” reasoning that society is…

Many world leaders throughout history have attempted to compose the great society, or as they believed, utopia. On these occurrences, they in some way try to subdue the creative and free thinking side of human nature. In Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Mustapha Mond achieves universal stability. As we see in the New World society, stability is made the first priority at the expense of most of the people 's intrinsic human faculties. Mond explains eloquently and quite persuasively to John and…

argument using a theory of convergent evolution. This hybrid five-part inductive argument allows Coyne to explain some attributes of island species that remained puzzles for Darwin. Secondly, this hybrid…

How close is modern America’s government to controlling all, if not most, of our society today? Our current government gradually begins to take over the lives of people like that in Brave New World. Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World depicts a futuristic society that utilizes science to control the lives of mostly everybody by categorizing them into specific castes. The author’s vision of a utopian society in his novel is relatively, but not entirely, close to modern American society.…