What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to explore the implications and outcomes of the 1898 anthropological expedition to the Torres Strait.

July 1, 1999

Cambridge and the Torres Strait: centenary essays on the 1898 anthropological expedition

Key Points

The aim is to explore the implications and outcomes of the 1898 anthropological expedition to the Torres Strait.
Essays presented by various scholars analyzing different aspects of the expedition.
Focus on fieldwork, object collections, psychological research, and linguistic classifications.
Consideration of the ethnological and historical impact on British anthropology.
Diverse perspectives on the expedition's contributions to anthropology were highlighted.
Importance of object collections and their role in understanding cultural diversity was emphasized.
Psychological research findings and linguistic classifications revealed complexities of Torres Strait societies.

Abstract

Introduction: Cambridge and the Torres Strait 2. Haddon attends a funeral: fieldwork in Torres Strait, 1888, 1898 Anita Herle 3. Expedition and institution: A. C. Haddon and anthropology at Cambridge Sandra Rouse 4. The life-histories of objects: collections of the Cambridge Anthropological expedition to the Torres Strait Jeremy Beckett 5. Performing science: still photography and the Torres Strait expedition Elizabeth Edwards 6. Getting a result: the expedition's psychological research 1898-1913 Graham Richards 7. Fieldworkers and physiologists Henrika Kuklick 8. At the Australian-Papuan linguistic boundary: Sidney Ray's classification of Torres Strait languages Anna Shnukal 9. Making sense of diversity and complexity: the ethnological context and consequences of the Torres Strait Expedition and the Oceanic phase in British anthropology, 1890-1935 James Urry.

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