IGNOU Notes – Anthropology

Social Anthropology

Introduction To Social Anthropology

  1. Introduction To Social Anthropology
  2. Relationship Of Social Anthropology With Allied Disciplines
  3. Philosophical And Historical Foundations Of Social Anthropology
  4. Social Anthropology- Nature And Scope

Society And Culture

  1. Society And Culture
  2. Social Change In Indian Context
  3. Social Identity And Movements
  4. Social Group
  5. Concept Of Society And Culture

Anthropological Theories – I

  1. Anthropological Theories-I
  2. Social Organisation And Dynamic Theories Ofstructure
  3. Functionalism, Structuralfunctionalism And Neofunctionalism
  4. Classical Theories

Anthropological Theories-II

  1. Anthropological Theories-II
  2. Feminism, Post-Modernism And Post-Colonialism
  3. Structuralism
  4. Marxism
  5. Culture And Personality

Kinship, Marriage And Family

  1. Kinship
  2. Marriage
  3. Family
  4. Kinship, Marriage And Family
  5. Kinship, Family And Marriage In India
  6. Descent And Alliance Theories

Religion

  1. Religion
  2. Religious Specialists
  3. Rituals And Symbolism
  4. Concepts And Approaches To The Study Of Religion (Evolutionary, Sychological, Unctional And Marxist)

Economic And Political Organisations

  1. Concepts And Definitions
  2. Economic And Political Organisations
  3. Political Power And Distribution Of Resources
  4. Production, Consumption And Exchange
  5. State And Stateless Societies – Political Institutions

Archaeological Anthropology

Definition And Scope

  1. Definition And Scope
  2. Interdisciplinary Relationsand Approaches
  3. History And Development
  4. Definitions And Scope

Archaeological Units

  1. Archaeological Units
  2. Household And Decorative Objects
  3. Tool Technologies
  4. Tool Families
  5. Space

Geological Frame Work

  1. Geological Frame Work
  2. Human Palaeontology
  3. Recent Period
  4. Time And Space

Dating Methods

  1. Dating Methods
  2. Absolute Chronology
  3. Relative Chronology
  4. Relevance Of Dating

Palaeolithic Cultures

  1. Palaeolithic Cultures
  2. Palaeolithic Art
  3. Upper Palaeolithic Cultures
  4. Middle Palaeolithic Cultures
  5. Lower Palaeolithic Cultures

Mesolithic Cultures

  1. Mesolithic Cultures
  2. Mesolithic Art
  3. Indian Mesolithic Cultures
  4. Mesolithic Features

Perspective on Tribes in India

  1. Tribe, Territory and Common Property Resources
  2. Tribe and Caste
  3. Elwin and Ghurye’s Perspectives on Tribes
  4. Social Differentiation among Tribes
  5. TRIBE-CASTE CONTINUUM of Dalits and Tribals

Tribes of India : Identity, Culture and Lore

Tribes of India

  1. Course Introduction
  2. Tribes and the ‘Others’ 
  3. STRATEGIES OF SURVIVAL
  4. Distribution of Indian Tribes, Groups and Sub-Groups – Causes of Variations
  5. Types of Tribes–Migrant, Hunting-Gathering, Cultivating

Tribes of India : Typology

  1. Cultivating
  2. Hunting and Gathering
  3. Nomadic
  4. Migrant

Economic and Cultural Strategies of Survival

  1. Tribe as a Political Identity
  2. Cultural Strategy for Asserting Identity
  3. Seasonal Migration as a Strategy of Survival
  4. Tribes and the Forest

Tribal Cosmogenies

  1. Migrant Tribes – Nomads
  2. Mongoloids
  3. Dravidian Tribes
  4. Etimological Tales – Definitions

Society in India

Social Structure – Rural and Urban 

  1. Urban Social Structure
  2. Patterns of Urbanisation
  3. Village and the Outside World
  4. Rural Social Structure
  5. Unity and Diversity

Family Marriage and Kinship

  1. Kinship-II
  2. Kinship-I 
  3. Marriage and its Changing Patterns
  4. Family and its Types

Economy and Polity

  1. Regional and State Polities
  2. National Politics
  3. Rural and Urban Poverty
  4. Urban Economy
  5. Rural Economy

Social Organisation

  1. Zoroastrian Social Organisation
  2. Sikh Social Organization
  3. Muslim Social Organisation
  4. Christian Social Organisation
  5. Hindu Social Organisation

Caste and Class

  1. Backward Classes
  2. Class in India
  3. The Scheduled Castes
  4. Caste – Continuity and Change
  5. Caste Structure and Regional Patterns

Tribes in India

  1. Tribes and Modernisation in India
  2. Religion in Tribal Societies
  3. Tribes – Social Structure – I 
  4. Tribes Social Structure-II

Women and Society 

  1. Status of Women in India
  2. Women’s movements in India
  3. Women and Work
  4. Women and Education
  5. Contemporary Women’s Issues – Health and Legal Aspects

Social Change

  1. Ethnic Relations and Conflicts
  2. Social Movements
  3. Development Planning and Change
  4. Ecology and the Future of Society