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The Anthropologist and the Practical Man: A Reply and A Question

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2012

Extract

In an article entitled ‘Practical Anthropology’, which appeared in Vol. II, No. I of Africa, Professor Malinowski makes suggestions as to the manner in which the anthropologist can be of service to those who are engaged in the practical business of colonial administration, especially in Africa. He writes, it is true, as an anthropologist, and he proposes that the anthropologist shall record the facts and the ‘practical’ man draw his deductions therefrom. How many anthropologists would agree that a division into anthropologists and practical men is satisfactory may be open to doubt: but as I am certainly not an anthropologist I hope that I may speak for the practical man.

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Copyright © International African Institute 1930

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