Ghotul is an essential part of Muria and Gond tribal culture in the Bastar area of Chhattisgarh as well as in the neighboring regions of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Ghotul is a...
Action anthropology is an approach used by anthropologists and other applied social scientists to help indigenous and underrepresented communities solve problems. Action anthropologists are generally motivated by concerns for social justice, though this is...
Why in news: Archaeologists have found one of India’s oldest stone-age sites that gives a new dimension to the complex story of human migration out of Africa, in the Kachchh region of Gujarat Located at...
Paper 2: Approach to Tribal development, Tribal welfare, Measures to address tribal problems Marginalisation of Tribals The tribal areas is believed by the anthropologists to host the earliest people. This resource rich belt is...
Ethnoarchaeology is a research technique that involves using information from living cultures—in the form of ethnology, ethnography, ethnohistory, and experimental archaeology—to understand patterns found at an archaeological site. An ethnoarchaeologist acquires evidence about ongoing...
Pseudokinship or fictitious kinship takes place when the social relationships simulate the ones arising through real kinship (consanguinity or affinity) but without any biological relationship. For example, in many societies, children who are breast-fed...
Topic: Paper 1: Religion and Magic, MagicoReligious Functionaries, Feuding among tribes (Political anthropology), law and justice in primitive society Paper 2: Socio-economic characteristics of Indian tribes, Social change among Indian tribes, Impact of Christianity on...
Topic: Paper 2: Pseudotribalism, Tribe-caste continuum, Sanskritization, De-sanskritization, Social change in India Pseudotribalism is a process in which the non tribals take up certain tribal features or pretend to be tribals in order to...
Topic: Paper 1: Magic religion and science; Totemism; Religion in India, Paper 2: Tribal depopulation, Tribal health problems, Nature- Man- Spirit complex, tribal Problems due to contact The Khairwar tribe in Madhya Pradesh...
Topic: Parochialisation; Diffusion; Impact of Hinduism on Tribal society; Assimilation of culture Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is depicted in famous performing arts like Bharatnatyam, Manipuri, Kathak, Kathakali, Odissi...
