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Current Polish anthropology? You mean Chris Hann and Frances Pine?

"‘Current Polish anthropology?’ – one illustrious figure of British anthropology asked me at a recent international conference. [...] ‘You mean the books published by Chris Hann and Frances Pine?’ came the next question. ‘No, I mean, Polish anthropology. The anthropology of Poland published by anthropologists in Poland,’ I continued with stressing the country’s name intentionally. ‘Sure,’ answered my learned colleague and quickly put an end to our brief exchange by adding, ‘There must be some, after all Malinowski came from Poland.’". László Kürti (2008), "East and West: The scholarly divide in anthropology", A nthropological Notebooks , 14(3): 25-38.