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“Malinowski wrote a note to himself at the back of his diary: “Main thing to do, is reflect on the two branches: my ethnological work & my diary & take the clue from both. They are well-nigh complementary as complementary as can be.”

Michael Taussig (2009:113), What Color is the Sacred?