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Off The Veranda

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Off the Veranda by Bronislaw Malinowski is a documentary that begins to discuss the start of his upcoming in the field of anthropology, the people of Trobriand Island and Functionalism. In the start of the Documentary we learn Malinowski began his field work by studying the Mailu people. During his work he was studying the natives afar from a Veranda. We learn that in order to fully understand the society of the Mailu; Malinowski believes he needs to learn their native language. Ultimately he decides to start afresh by studying the people of Trobriand Island. During the beginnings of his encounters he began to understand what it takes to be a member of the Trobriand. At first he was seen as an outsider and that his studies weren’t “working”

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