Aloha,
I am looking for information about "scientific expeditions" as an approach
to doing research in the early 20th century. I am looking at two projects
that were done in the Pacific during this period: the Tanager Expedition to
the Northwest Hawaiian Islands in the 1920s and the Panala`au Project to
more remote Pacific islands in the mid-1930s. In both cases, the
institutions involved sent cultural and/or natural science staff into the
field to collect research data. I am interested in finding information
about this approach to collecting scientific data, particularly cultural
data. Does anyone know of any references where someone has done research on
this approach?
susan
Susan A. Lebo
Anthropology Department
1525 Bernice Street
Honolulu, HI 96817