William Rivers: Everything Is Relatives

Summary William Rivers, trained as a doctor, administered psychological tests to the islanders of the Torres Straits north of Australia and discovered the importance of relatives in their society. His work as a psychologist and medical researcher enabled him to bring something new to anthropology: a scientific approach. His field study with a hill tribe in southern India, the Todas, ultimately set the trend for anthropologists to go and visit the cultures in which they were interested, rather than staying at home and theorizing.

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Stars : Margaret Mead Bruce Dakowski

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Genres : Documentary

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : British Universities Film & Video Council

Language : English

Production companies : Central Independent Television

Summary William Rivers, trained as a doctor, administered psychological tests to the islanders of the Torres Straits north of Australia and discovered the importance of relatives in their society. His work as a psychologist and medical researcher enabled him to bring something new to anthropology: a scientific approach. His field study with a hill tribe in southern India, the Todas, ultimately set the trend for anthropologists to go and visit the cultures in which they were interested, rather than staying at home and theorizing.

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Genres : Documentary

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : British Universities Film & Video Council

Language : English

Production companies : Central Independent Television

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