Torres Strait has an established place in the history of
anthropology because of its association with the Cambridge
University Expedition of 1898 organised by A. C. Haddon. This early
British anthropological expedition is regarded as a seminal event
in the formation of academic anthropology in Britain. Its goal was
to make an unprecedentedly comprehensive anthropological study
embracing ethnology, physical anthropology, psychology,
linguistics, sociology and ethnomusicology. The nine
interdisciplinary essays in this centenary volume offer ways of
looking at and situation the Expedition's work in historical and
intellectual debates. Central themes covered are the relationship
between the expedition members and the Torres Strait Islanders: the
innovations associated with the Expedition and the Expedition's
influence on the development of anthropology and psychology. One
hundred years on, the results of the Expedition have a contemporary
relevance for anthropology and for the Torres Strait Islanders.
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