Social Anthropology

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Social Anthropology [1]

Paper Code:

SOC 502

Credits:

Contact Hours:

45.00

Max. Marks:

100.00

Objective:

Course Outcomes(COs):

Course outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO62: Describe the distribution and concentration of tribes in India.

CO63: Describe subsistence economy, different modes of family organization, kinship patterns, modes of exchange and political institutions.

CO64: Analyze the causes of deprivation and discrimination of tribal societies in India.

CO65:Formulate strategies for welfare of tribal societies

CO66: Develop the understanding of law and custom of primitive societies.

Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments

Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

9.00

Introduction to Social Anthropology: Meaning, Nature and Scope; Need to Study Tribal Societies: Aims and Utility.Demographic Profile of tribes: Distribution and Concentration of tribal people, Tribal Zones.

9.00

Culture: Meaning, Features and Components; Theories of Culture Growth.
The Tribal Family: Meaning and Forms; Theories of Origin of Family.

9.00

The Tribal Marriage: Forms and Ways of acquiring Mates.
Religion and Magic amongst Tribes; Theories of Origin of Religion.

9.00

·The Tribal Economy: Meaning and Features; Stages of Economic Development; The Economic Mechanism; Economic life of Kharia and Kuki tribes. Custom and Law: Meaning and Features; Justice and Government in Primitive Societies

9.00

Problems of Tribal People; Tribal Welfare: Constitutional Safeguards and Reforms.
Profile of Tribes of Rajasthan: Meena, Girasia and Bhil.

Essential Readings:

Evans-Pritchard.E.E., 1964, Social Anthropology, London:Cohen& West
Mair, Lucy, 1972, An Introduction to Social Anthropology, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Majumdar and Madan, Introduction to Social Anthropology. New Delhi: Asia Publishing House
Hasnain, N., 1983, Tribesin India, New Delhi: Harnam Publications.

References:

SUGGESTEDREADINGS:

Chandravanshi.R.2017, Tribal Traditional Tools. New Delhi: Himanshu Publications
Dube, S.C. 1977, Tribal Heritage of India, New Delhi, Vikas
Singh K.S., 1985, Tribal Society, New Delhi: Manohar Publications
Singh, K.S., 1984, Economics of the Tribes and their Transformation. New Delhi: Concept Publishing
Paul, Bohannan, 1963. Social Anthropology,New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Mair, Lucy, 1972, An Introduction to social Anthropology, Oxford University Press.
Pocock, David. 2000, Understanding Social Anthropology, Athlone Press, London
Malinowski B., 1949, Crime and Custom in Savage Society, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
Elwin V. 2009, The Philosophy of NEFA, Delhi:Isha Books
Elwin.V. The Aborginals, 1943, Bombay: Oxford University Press
Radcliffe Brown A.R., 1952. Function and Structure in Primitive Society, London: Cohen & West
Vidyarathi L.P.&Rai.B.K.., 1985, Tribal Culture in India, New Delhi: Concept Publication

e-RESOURCES:

http://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/49133.pdf [2]

JOURNALS:

Journal of Development Studies, Taylor and Francis
Eastern Anthropologist, Serials Publications

Academic Session:

2022-23 [7]

Source URL: https://sociology.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/social-anthropology-4

Links:
[1] https://sociology.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/social-anthropology-4
[2] http://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/49133.pdf
[3] https://tribal.nic.in/Statistics.aspx
[4] https://jstor-iisu.refread.com/stable/j.ctt1sq5vj8
[5] https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/homestudy/humanities
[6] https://ignca.gov.in/Asi_data/49133.pdf
[7] https://sociology.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-session/2022-23

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