@article{MTMT:36934013,
	title = {Lajos Bíró and Kamunsanga, the First Christian Papuan in German New Guinea: Servant, Helper, or Friend?},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36934013},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	doi = {10.1556/022.2025.00010},
	journal-iso = {ACTA ETHNOGR HUNG},
	journal = {ACTA ETHNOGRAPHICA HUNGARICA},
	unique-id = {36934013},
	issn = {1216-9803},
	abstract = {Since the time anthropology took what is known as its ‘reflexive turn,’ it has become commonplace for professionals in the discipline—in order to situate themselves and their data within a web of possible contexts—to make explicit in their publications the variety of human relationships formed with hosts/friends/‘informants’ in the field. But what can be said about the situation during the 19th and early 20th centuries? What do we know about the field associations of our classic-period forefathers? Apart from a few frequently referenced examples (Ely Parker and Morgan, George Hunt and Boas, Tokulubakiki and Malinowski), little to nothing has come down to us about the methods, ethical principles, and – especially – the human relationships of our predecessors to their key (i.e., ‘favorite’) informants: their ‘best friends.’ In this paper, I try to fill this gap for the specific case of Lajos Bíró (1856–1931), a Hungarian naturalist-turned-ethnographer who spent six years (1896–1901) in northeast New Guinea, then a German protectorate and/or colony. His extant letters, photo captions, and popular writings offer a vivid description of his relationship to local Papuans, among them a young, long-term collaborator named Kamunsanga—the same Kamunsanga who, on August 20, 1899, became the first Papuan to convert to Lutheranism. The story of these two men is one that can provide a glimpse into the history of not only ethnography but also colonialism and colonial missionary activity. © 2025 The Author(s). Open Access statement. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated. (SID_1)},
	keywords = {COLONIZATION; fieldwork; evangelization; anthropology of friendship; German New Guinea; Lajos Bíró},
	year = {2026},
	eissn = {1588-2586}
}

@article{MTMT:37313685,
	title = {Élet az „álomidő" után. Pintér László ausztráliai gyűjteménye (Gödöllői Városi Múzeum, 2025 március 22.- szeptember 28.) Kiállításmegnyitó},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/37313685},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	journal-iso = {NÉPR HÍREK},
	journal = {NÉPRAJZI HÍREK},
	volume = {55},
	unique-id = {37313685},
	issn = {0133-8021},
	year = {2026},
	pages = {41-46}
}

@article{MTMT:37313703,
	title = {Édesapám emléktáblája előtt},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/37313703},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	journal-iso = {NÉPR HÍREK},
	journal = {NÉPRAJZI HÍREK},
	volume = {55},
	unique-id = {37313703},
	issn = {0133-8021},
	year = {2026},
	pages = {83-87}
}

@article{MTMT:36367085,
	title = {A visszafordított "gyarmatosító tekintet"},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/36367085},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	journal-iso = {ETHNOGRAPHIA},
	journal = {ETHNOGRAPHIA},
	volume = {136},
	unique-id = {36367085},
	issn = {0014-1798},
	year = {2025},
	pages = {133-153}
}

@misc{MTMT:35646521,
	title = {Etióp kávéemlékek – és kérdések. Utólagos nyomozás},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35646521},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	unique-id = {35646521},
	year = {2024}
}

@article{MTMT:35672145,
	title = {Bíró Lajos és Kamunszanga, az első keresztény pápua Német Új-Guineában : Szolga, asszisztens vagy barát?},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35672145},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	doi = {10.58449/EL.2024.07},
	journal-iso = {ETHNO-LORE},
	journal = {ETHNO-LORE: A MAGYAR TUDOMÁNYOS AKADÉMIA NÉPRAJZI KUTATÓINTÉZETÉNEK ÉVKÖNYVE},
	volume = {41},
	unique-id = {35672145},
	issn = {1787-9396},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {177-230}
}

@article{MTMT:35772648,
	title = {Egy enigma nyomában. Bíró Lajos (1856–1931) és a Huon-öböli oá-bálán fejdísz},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35772648},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	journal-iso = {NÉPRAJZI ÉRTESÍTŐ},
	journal = {NÉPRAJZI ÉRTESÍTŐ},
	volume = {2024},
	unique-id = {35772648},
	issn = {0077-6599},
	year = {2024},
	eissn = {3058-048X},
	pages = {177-227}
}

@inbook{MTMT:35772668,
	title = {History of a Life History. An Eastern Bloc European Anthropologist in “Communist” Vietnam},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/35772668},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	booktitle = {Chasing Traces. History and Ethnography in the Uplands of Socialist Asia},
	unique-id = {35772668},
	year = {2024},
	pages = {272-298}
}

@article{MTMT:33722772,
	title = {A megszállottságról – Pócs Éva és Zempléni András könyve kapcsán},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/33722772},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	journal-iso = {ETHNOGRAPHIA},
	journal = {ETHNOGRAPHIA},
	volume = {134},
	unique-id = {33722772},
	issn = {0014-1798},
	year = {2023},
	pages = {169-176}
}

@article{MTMT:34521778,
	title = {Bevezető egy lektori vélemény elé},
	url = {https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/34521778},
	author = {Vargyas, Gábor},
	doi = {10.36373/em-2023-2-34},
	journal-iso = {ERDÉLYI MÚZEUM},
	journal = {ERDÉLYI MÚZEUM},
	volume = {85},
	unique-id = {34521778},
	issn = {1453-0961},
	year = {2023},
	eissn = {2668-4608},
	pages = {213-215}
}