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VINOBA BHAVE UNIVERSITY, HAZARIBAG

JHARKHAND

SYLLABUS

FOR

B.A. /B.Sc. General/Pass IN ANTHROPOLOGY

UNDER CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)

PROPOSED SCHEME FOR CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM IN BA/B. Sc. ANTHROPOLOGY Pass Course

Semester CORE COURSE Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course (AECC) (2)

Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) (2)

Elective: Discipline Specific DSE (4)

Elective: Generic (GE) (4)

I English/MIL 1 AECC-1CA- 1CB-1

II English/MIL 1 AECC-2CA- 2CB- 2

III English/MIL 2 SEC -1CA- 3CB-3

IV English/MIL 2 SEC -2CA- 4CB-4

V SEC -3 DSE-1 A GE-1DSE-2 A

VI SEC -4 DSE-1B GE-2DSE-2B

CORE COURSE

CA-1: Socio-cultural Anthropology

CB-1: Biological Anthropology

CA-2: Pre-history and Proto-history of India

CB-2: Anthropology of Family, Marriage &Kinship

CA-3: Research Methods

CB-3: Anthropology of Religion, Politics and Economy

CA-4: Tribes and Peasants in India

CB-4: Indian Anthropology

CA-1. Socio-cultural Anthropology

Theory Full Marks:100 Credit- 4 Time :3hrs.

Each theory will have five questions of equal marks. First question [Multiple choice type or

short answer type] will be based on all units [complete syllabus] with no internal choice,

whereas remaining questions will be unit wise having internal choice within each unit.

UNIT I

Social Anthropology : Meaning & Scope Relationship of Social Anthropology with other

disciplines

UNIT II

Basic Concepts: society, group, Institution, Community, culture, Civilization,

UNIT III

Social function, social conflict, social system, Social stratification, Social organization,

Social Structure.

UNIT IV

Theory and practice of ethnographic fieldwork; survey research;

Suggested Readings

Ember C. R. et al. (2011). Anthropology. New Delhi: Dorling Kindersley.

Rapport N. and Overing J. (2004). Key Concepts in Social and Cultural

Anthropology.

London: Routledge.

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1971). ‘Methods’ In

Notes

and Queries on Anthropology. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd.

Roger Keesing (1984) An Introduction of Cultural Anthropology. New York,

MacMillan.

Nigel Rapport and Joanna Overing (2006) Social and Cultural Anthropology:The Key

Concepts

Harris, Marvin 1983 ‘Cultural Anthropology”, Harper & Røw Pub, New York&

Havilland, W A. 1993. Cultura1 Anthropology’, Harcourt Brace College Pub, London

Honigman J. 1997 ‘Handbook of Social and Cultural Anthropology’,Rawat

Publication, New Delhi.

Fox, Robin 1967 ‘Kinship and Marriage’, Penguine Books.

Ember & Ember 1995 ‘Anthropology’, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

Ember & Ember 2008 ‘Anthropology’ (12th edition), Pearson Prentice Hall of India

Hicks & Gwynne 1994 ‘Cultural Anthropology’, Harper Collins College Publishers

CB-1. Biological Anthropology





UNIT I

Physical Anthropology :Meaning& Scope and its relationship with allied disciplines.

UNIT II

Concept of evolution. Theories of evolution. Lamarckism, Neo Lamarckism, Darwinism,

Neo Darwinism, Synthetic theory.

UNIT III

Non-human primates in relation to human evolution

1. Classification and characteristics of living primates.

2. Comparative anatomy and behaviour of human and non-human primates.

UNIT IV

Fossil evidence of Human evolution.

Pre-human phase : Australopithecus.

Early human phase : Pithecantropine ,Sinanthropus.

Late-human phase : Neanderthal,

Homo-sapiens. (Cro-magnon, Grimalldi and chancelade).

UNIT V

Concept of Race : UNESCO statement on Race, Racial classification of human populations.

.

Suggested Readings

Craig Stanford, John S. Allen and Susan C. Anton (2008)Biological Anthropology

John Buettner-Janusch (1969) Origins of Man. Wiley Eastern Pvt Ltd

E. L. Simon (1972) Primate Evolution: An Introduction to Man’s Place in Nature.

New York,

Craig Stanford, John S. Allen and Susan C. Anton (2009) Exploring

BiologicalAnthropology

Michael Park (2007) Biological Anthropology: An Introductory. Reader, McGraw

Hill.

P. K. Seth & S Seth (1986) Perspectives in Primate Biology. New Delhi,Today

&Tomorrow Printers.

John G. Fleagle (1999) Primate Adaptation and Evolution. Elseveir.

E.A. Hooton (1947) Up from the Ape. New York, MacMillan.

M. F. Ashley Montague (1977) UNESCO Statement on Race. New York,

CB.1 Practical

Identification and description of the bones and human skeleton .

a. Identification of human skull bones: (frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital,

maxilla, zygomatic, ethmoid, sphenoid, mandible).

b. Identification of human post-cranial bones : sternum, clavicle, scapula,

humerus, radius, ulna, innominate, femur, tibia, fibula.

Suggested Readings

Singh I. P. and Bhasin M.K. (1989). Anthropometry: A Laboratory Manual on

Biological Anthropology. Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Chawri Bazar, Delhi.

Standford C.; Allen J.S. and Anton S.C. (2012). Biological Anthropology: The

Natural History of Mankind. PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi.

Swindler D. R. (2009). Introduction to the Primates. Overseas Press India Pvt. Ltd.,

New Delhi.

CA-2: PRE-HISTORY AND PROTO-HISTORY OF INDIA





UNIT I

Paleolithic cultures of India: General Distribution, major sites, tool finds and culture.

UNIT II

Mesolithic cultures of India: General Distribution, major sites, tool finds and culture.

UNIT III

Neolithic cultures of India: Neolithic revolution, emergence of human settlements and

farming in India.

UNIT IV

Megalithic cultures in India.

UNIT V

Indus valley civilization.

Suggested Readings

Agrawal, D.P. & M.G. Yadava. 1995. Dating the human past.

Bordes,F. 1968. The Old Stone age. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.

Burkitt, M.C. 1969. Old Stone Age: Study of Palaeolithic Times..

Oakley, K.P. 1972. Man the tool maker

Roe, Derek 1970. Prehistory: An introduction.

Sankalia, H.D. 1964. Stone age tools: their techniques, names and probable functions,

Pune, Deccan College.

Sankalia, H.D. 1974. Prehistory and Protohistory of Early India and Pakistan.

CB-2: ANTHROPOLOGY OF FAMILY, MARRIAGE &KINSHIP





UNIT I

Types and functions of family- impact of industrialisation& urbanization.

UNIT II

Types of marriage. Incest taboos prolubiaive and prefereotial forms of marriage. Function of

marriage.

UNIT III

Kinship system- types of kin groups. Rules of kinship. Kinship terminology. Kinship behavior (usage)- joking and avoidance. Lineage and clan and descent recent theories.

Suggested Readings

Rapport N. and Overing J. (2004). Key Concepts in Social and Cultural

Anthropology.

Roger Keesing (1984) An Introduction of Cultural Anthropology. New York,

MacMillan.

Nigel Rapport and Joanna Overing (2006) Social and Cultural Anthropology:The Key

Concepts

Harris, Marvin 1983 ‘Cultural Anthropology”, Harper & Røw Pub, New York&

Havilland, W A. 1993. Cultura1 Anthropology’, Harcourt Brace College Pub, London

Honigman J. 1997 ‘Handbook of Social and Cultural Anthropology’,Rawat

Publication, New Delhi.

Fox, Robin 1967 ‘Kinship and Marriage’, Penguine Books.

Hicks & Gwynne 1994 ‘Cultural Anthropology’, Harper Collins College Publishers

CA-3: RESEARCH METHODS





UNIT I

Science and Anthropology, Social survey and Social Research.

Concepts theory and Hypothesis: Types of hypothesis, testing hypothesis.

UNIT II

Field work tradition in Anthropology

UNIT III

Tool and Techniques of data collection

Observation : Meaning, Type, Merits and Demerits

Interview : Meaning, Type, Merits and Demerits

Case Study : Meaning, Merits and Demerits

Life history : Meaning, Merits and Demerits

Genealogy : Meaning, Merits and Demerits

Sampling : Meaning, Type, Method, Merits and Demerits

Questionnaire and schedule: Meaning, Type, Merits and Demerits

UNIT IV

Qualitative and Quantitative approaches.

Documentation.

Use of Library: Review of literature and other records and reports.

Report writing

Suggested Readings

Danda, Ajit 1992 ‘Research Methodology in Anthropology’, Inter-India,11New

Delhi.

Pelto, P.S. & Pelto, G.H.1979 ‘Anthropological Research’, Cambridge University

Press,London.

Fischer, Michael 1994 ‘Applications in Computing for Social

Anthropologists’,Routledge. London.

Goode & Hart 1983 ‘Methods in Social Research’, McGrew Hill,International Japan.

H. Russel, Bernard 1998 ‘Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology’, Altamira

Press.

Madrigal, Lorena 1998 ‘Statistics for Anthropology’, Cambridge

University,Cambridge

Muller, IH. 1970 ‘Statistical Reasoning in Sociology’,

Young, Pauline 1984 ‘Scientific Social Surveys and Research’, Prentice Hall of India,

New Delhi.

Young, P. V. Scientific Social Surveys and Research.

Elhance, D. N. Practical Problems in Statistics, Kitab Mahal, Allahabad.

Levin, J. Elementary Statistics in Social Research.

Sarin, S.S. and Balchandani,M.K. Fundamentals of Statistics. Ratan Prakashan

Mandir, Agra.

Fisher, Michael. Application in Computing for Social Anthropologists, London,

Routledge

H. Russel. Bernard, Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology, Altamira Pres

CA3: PRACTICAL

Field work full Marks:25

Project work based on library / field work has to be prepared on a topic related to specialization duly approved by the head of the department.

CB-3: ANTHROPOLOGY OF RELIGION, POLITICS AND ECONOMY





UNIT I

Anthropological approaches to understand religion- magic, animism, animatism, totemism,

naturism; witchcraft and sorcery; Religious specialists: shaman, priests, mystics; Overview of

Anthropological Theories of Religion; Religion as the sacrality of ecological adaptation and

socialness

UNIT II

Economic institutions: principles of production, distribution, and consumption in simple and

complex societies; critical examination of relationship between economy and society through

neo-classical, substantivist, and neo-marxist approaches, various forms of exchange: barter,

trade and market; Forms of currencies; reciprocities: generalized, balanced and negative.

UNIT III

Political institutions: concepts of power and authority; types of authority; state and Stateless

societies; law and justice in simple and complex societies; the prospects for democracy and

tolerance among and within the world’s diverse civilizations; the meaning and sources of

identity in complex contemporary societies; the origins of modern politics, its institutions,

and cultures, both Western and non-Western

UNIT IV

Interrelationship between religion, politics and economy; religious conversion and

movements, emergence of new religious sects in the global order.

Practical

1. Case study of any of the social institute (religion, economic, political) with respect to

culture perspective

Suggested Readings:

Evans-Pritchard EE. (1937). Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande,

Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Frazer JG. (1978). The Illustrated Golden Bough, London: Macmillan.

Barbara M. (2011). Cultural Anthropology. New Jersey: Pearson Education.

Ember CR. (2011). Anthropology. New Delhi: Dorling Kinderslay.

Herskovits MJ. (1952). Economic Anthropology: A Study in Comparative

Economics. New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc.

CA-4: TRIBES AND PEASANTS IN INDIA





UNIT I

Anthropological Concept of Tribe

1. Problems of nomenclature, definition and classification.

2. Features of tribes in India.

UNIT II

Tribes and Wider world.

1. The history of tribal administration; Constitutional safeguards

2. Impact of development schemes and programme on tribal life

UNIT III

Anthropological Concept of Village

1. The concept of peasantry.

2. Approaches to the study of peasants – economic, political and cultural.

3. Characteristics of Indian village: social organization; economy and changes

. 4. Caste system and changes.

UNIT IV

Ethnicity Issues: Tribal movements in Jharkhand..

Suggested Readings

Madan V. (2002). The Village in India. Oxford University Press: Delhi.

National Tribal Policy (draft). (2006). Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Government of

India.

Patnaik S.M. (1996). Displacement, Rehabilitation and Social change. Inter India

Publication, Delhi.

Vidyarthi L.P. and Rai B.K. (1985) Tribal Culture in India, New Delhi, Concept

Publishing Company. 9. Wolf E. (1966). Peasants. NJ, Prentice Hall.

CB4-INDIAN ANTHROPOLOGY

Theory Credit- 4 Full Marks :100




UNIT-I

Dimension of Indian society and culture- Tribal, rural.

UNIT-II

Indian social system : Varna, Ashram, Joint family system, caste system.

UNIT-III

Major concepts in Indian Anthropology : Sacred complex, Nature-Man-Spirit complex,

Dominant caste, Tribe-caste continuum, Little and Great tradition.

UNIT-IV

Characteristics of Indian village: social organization; economy and changes

Suggested Reading

Karve I. (1961). Hindu Society: An Interpretation. Poona : Deccan College

Guha BS. (1931). The racial attributes of people of India. In: Census of India, 1931

Vidyarthi LP and Rai BK. (1976). The tribal culture of India. Concept Publishing Co,

Delhi.

Majumdar, D.N. 1990 ‘Races and Cultures of India’, Kalyani Publishers.

Karve Iravati 1953 Kinship Organization in India, Deccan Collage, Pune.

Anjali Kurane 1998 Ethnic Identity and Social Mobility .Rawat Publications.

Sing, K. 1992 ‘People of India: An Introduction’, Anthropological Surveyof India’,

Calcutta.

Majumdar R.C. 1951 ‘History and Culture of the Indian People’, Bharatiya Vidya

Bhavan.

Srinivas M.N. 1962 Caste in Modern India & Other Essays, Media Promoters and

Publishers, Bombay

Ability enhancement Compulsory Course

Credits: Two Papers = 2*2=4

Ability enhancement elective (skill based) CourseCredits: Any two papers = Theory +Practical = 2*2= 4

Students can opt any two paper

1. Public health and epidemiology

2. Business and Corporate Anthropology

3. Media Anthropology

4. Tourism Anthropology

1.Public health and epidemiology

Theory Credit- 4 Full Marks:75 Time:3hrs.

Each theory will have five questions of equal marks. First question [Multiple choice type or short answer type] will be based on all units [complete syllabus] with no internal choice, whereas remaining questions will be unit wise having internal choice within each unit.

Unit I: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health:

Overview of epidemiology methods used in research studies to address disease patterns inCommunity and clinic-based populations, distribution and determinants of health-relatedStates or events in specific populations, and strategies to control health problems

Unit II: Environmental Health

Effects of biological, chemical, and physical agents in environment on health (water, air,food and land resources); ecological model of population health; current legal framework,policies, and practices associated with environmental health

Unit III: Psychological, Behavioural, and Social Issues in Public Health

Cultural, social, behavioural, psychological and economic factors that influence health andillness; behavioural science theory and methods to understanding and resolving publichealth problems; assess knowledge, attitudes, behaviours towards disease and patientcompliance to treatment.

Unit IV: Management of Health Care Program

Techniques and procedures for monitoring achievement of a program’s objectives,generating evidence of program effectiveness, assessing impacts in public health settings;evaluate framework that leads to evidence-based decision-making in public health.

Unit V: Epidemiology of diseaseContemporary methods for surveillance, assessment, prevention, and control of infectiousand chronic diseases, disabilities, HIV/AIDS; understanding etiology ; determining changein trend over time; implementation of control measures

Practical Credit:2 Full Marks:25

1. Draw appropriate inferences from provided epidemiologic data through statisticalanalysis2. Assesses the health status of populations and their related determinants3. Analyzes information relevant to specific public health policy issues4. Development of health promotion model for health problemSuggested reading

1. Gordis L. (2004). Epidemiology. Third edition. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.2. Remington PL, Brownson RC, and Wegner MV. (2010). Chronic DiseaseEpidemiology and Control. American Public Health Association.3. Pagano M and Gauvreau K. (2000). Principles of Biostatistics. Belmont, CA:Wadsworth.4. Turnock B. (2011). Public health. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.5. Edberg M. (2013). Essentials of Health Behavior.

2.Business and Corporate Anthropology



Theory1. Business and corporate Anthropology: History and subject matter2. Applied anthropology in industry, application of the ethnography in business management3. Anthropology and consumer behaviour,4. Globalization, international trade and anthropology5. Techniques for Conducting Fieldwork for Business Organizations

Practical: Credit:2 Full Marks:25 1. Visit a corporate sector and write a short report Case study2. Study of interaction pattern in corporate sector with reference to ethnicity3. Make a schedule on the structure of the corporate/MNC4. Make a brief report only on one dimension of the corporate sector and give your Assessment

Suggested Readings:1. Jordan, Ann T. Business Anthropology. Waveland Press, Long Grove, Illinois.2. Whyte, W.F. 1948 Incentives for Productivity: The Case of the Bundy TubingCompany Applied Anthropology 7(2):1-163. Gardner, Burleigh B. 1978 Doing Business with Management. In AppliedAnthropology in America, Elizabeth M. Eddy and William Partridge (Eds.).NewYork: Columbia University Press. Pp.245- 260.4. Handbook of Anthropology in Business by Rita M Denny.5. Advanced reading in Business Anthropology edited by Robert Guang Tian, DamingZhu, Alfons van Marrewijk.

3.Media Anthropology



Unit 1: Introduction to Media Anthropology; Intellectual Antecedents

Unit 2: Audiences, Consumption and Identity Formation: The Social and Material Life ofCinema; Television and the Cultural Politics of Nation; Gender and Subjectivity; the Nationand Temporality; Media as Material Objects.

Unit 3: The Cultural Work of Mass Media Production: Producing “Bollywood”.

Unit 4: The Social Sites of Film and TV Production; the Exigencies of CommercialFilmmaking; the Constraints of Public Television Production.

Unit 5: Producing Reality – Journalism and Advertising; News as Social Practice; the Localand the Global in Advertising.

Unit 6: Small Media: Materiality, Circulation, Everyday Life & Social Transformations;Indigenous Media and Cultural Activism; The Social and Material Lives of Cell Phones;Media as Social Infrastructure – The Case of Facebook; Learning from New Media; ThePossibilities & Constraints of YouTube

Practical Credit:2 Full Marks:25

1. Visit to Mass Media Company and submit a report on any one dimension.2. Making a schedule and testing the same in the field with focus on either cinema ortelevision3. Describe the components of mass media in its different parts4. Submit a report on the behavioural pattern of media people.Suggested readingsRothenbuhler, Eric W; Coman, Mihai. Media anthropology. 2005. California, Sage.

4.Tourism Anthropology



Unit I: Tourism- aspects and prospects, anthropological issues and theoretical concerns,tourist as ethnographer and pilgrimage

Unit II: Interconnections between tourism history and the rise of the socio-cultural study oftourism including temporary migration, colonial exploration, pilgrimage, visiting relatives,imagined and remembered journeys, and tourism

Unit III: understand the implications of tourism as a major mechanism of cross-culturalinteraction; role of symbolism, semiotics, and the imagination in tourism; tourism and thecommodification of culture or cultural degradation

Unit IV: understand the global and local political economy of contemporary tourism,explore dynamic relationships between heritage-making enterprises, revival and preservation projects, the international flow of capital; role of museums and other branches of the cultural industries" (including music, art, and food) in tourism economies; tourism and global mobility; Ecotourism and sustainable development

Unit V: New Directions in the Anthropology of Tourism: Globalization, Tourism andTerrorism; applied aspects of anthropology in tourism development and planning..Practical Credit:2 Full Marks:251. Visit a place, identify a population and write a short report Case study2. Make a brief report only on one dimension of the tourism sector and give yourAssessment

Suggested Readings1. Chambers E. (2000). Native Tours: The Anthropology of Travel and Tourism. ProspectHeights: Waveland.2. Crick M. (1995). The Anthropologist as Tourist: An Identity in Question. In Lanfant MF,Allcock JB, Bruner EM (eds.)International Tourism: Identity and Change. London:Sage. pp. 205-223.3. Dann GMS, Nash D and Pearce PL. (1988). Methodology in Tourism Research. Annalsof Tourism Research. 15:1-28.4. Gmelch SB. (2004). Tourists and Tourism: A Reader. Long Grove: Waveland.5. Graburn NHH. (1977). Tourism: The Sacred Journey. Hosts and Guests: TheAnthropology of Tourism. Valene L. Smith, ed. Philadelphia: University of PennsylvaniaPress. Pp. 33-47.6. Dann G. (2002). The Tourist as a Metaphor of the Social World. Wallingford: CABInternational.7. Nash D. (1996). Anthropology of Tourism. New York: Pergamon.

8. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett B.(1998). Destination Culture: Tourism, Museums, and Heritage.University of California Press.9. Lippard LR. (1999). On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place. New Press.10. Picard M and Wood R. (1997). Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian andPacific Societies.University of Hawai Press.

11. Crick M. (1994). Anthropoloy

ELECTIVE COURSESCredits: Any four papers = Theory +Practical = (4+2)*4 = 24

Students has choice of 8Paper for selecting 4 paper

1. Tribal cultures of India2. Human Genetics3. Paleoanthropology4. Visual Anthropology5. Fashion Anthropology6. Demographic Anthropology7. Urban Anthropology8. Anthropology of Health

DSE-1:Tribal cultures of India



Unit I: Concept of tribes and its problematic nature, General and specific characteristics oftribes, Tribes in India: Antiquity, historical, academic, administrative and anthropologicalimportance, Denotified tribes.

Unit II: Tribe- caste continuum, Constitutional safeguard/provisions, Gender and Tribe,Distribution of tribes in India

Unit III: Tribes: Nomenclature- emic and etic differences, Classification of tribes based ontheir economy, occupation and religion, Racial elements among the tribes, Scheduled andnon-scheduled categories of tribes

Unit IV: Tribal movements, Problems of tribal development

Unit V: Forest policies and tribes, Migration and occupational shift, Tribal arts andaesthetics Displacement, rehabilitation and social change, Globalization among Indiantribes.

PracticalDistribution of Indian Tribes: PTG, STLocation of different tribes on the map of IndiaWrite an annotated bibliography on any one tribeWrite the social structure of any one tribe of India

Suggested Readings:1. Behera, D.K and Georg pfeffer. Contemporary Society Tribal Studies, Volume I to VII.New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company2. Georg Pfeffer. Hunters, Tribes and Peasant: Cultural Crisis and Comparison.Bhubaneswar: Niswas.3. Vidarthy, L.P. and Rai. Applied Anthropology in India.4. Vidarrthy.L.P. and B.N. Sahay . Applied Anthropology and Development in India. NewDelhi: National Publishing House

DSE-2: Human GeneticsTheory



Unit I: Structure, Function and Inheritance of the human genome- gene, DNA structure andreplication, DNA repair and recombination, gene expression, coding and non-coding region

Unit II: Expression of genetic information: from Transcription to Translation – therelationship between genes and protein, transcriptions; transcription and RNA processing,the role of transfer RNAs

Unit III: Genomic Variation: Genomic Polymorphisms (SNPs, VNTR, CNVs, etc); genotype-phenotype correlations, epigenetics

Unit IV: Methods of Genetic Study in Human: Pedigree analysis and expressivity;Chromosomal Basis of Genetic Disorders (Karyotypes and identification of chromosomevariation; Nucleic Acid Hybridization Assays, cytogenetic mapping), Genetic mapping(Microsatellite and other DNA polymorphisms), concept of non-mendelian inheritance andcomplex diseases

Unit V: Genomic Diversity & Human Evolution Evolutionary genetics; Molecular evolution; DNA sequence variation and human origins

Practical1. Blood Collection, transportation and storage in field2. DNA Extraction from whole blood3. DNA Quantification, Aliquoting and sample preparation4. PCR and electrophoresis5. Gel Documentation

Suggested Readings:1. Strachan T and Read AP. (2004). Human Molecular Genetics. Garland Science2. Brown TA. (2007). Genomes. Garland Science.3. Griffiths AJF. (2002). Modern Genetic Analysis: Integrating Genes and Genomes. WHFreeman Press.4. Griffiths AJF, Wessler SR, Carroll SB, Doebley J. (2011). An Introduction to GeneticAnalysis. Macmillan Higher Education.5. Cavalli-sforza LL, Menozzi P, Piazza A (1994). History and Geography of HumanGenes. Princeton University.6. Giblett, ER. (1969). Genetic Markers in Human Blood. Blackwell Scietific, Oxford.7. Cummings MR (2011). Human Heredity: Principles and Issues. Brooks/Cole, Cengage

DSE-3:Paleoanthropology



Unit I: Dating methods, geological time scale, taxonomic and chronological problems of fossils records.

Unit II: Primate speciation and extinctions: a geological perspective, adaptive primateradiation, differential rate of somatic evolution.

Unit III: Evolutionary biology: Origins and evolution of stone age technology (Humanorigins: Development, distribution and fossilized evidence of Australopithecines,Paranthropus (Zinjanthropus), Homo habilis, Homo erectus, Archaic H. sapiens, prehistorichunter-gatherers, modern pastoral communities, emergence of prehistoric people in Africa).

Unit IV: Primate and Non-Primate Models for Early Hominid Behaviour; hominizationprocess- Evolution of hominid-human bipedalism

Unit V: Palaeodemography- reconstruction of population patterns from skeletal analysis,determination of demographic variables in prehistoric populations and post-neolithicpopulation growth, theory and techniques in paleodemography, methodological issues forreconstructing demographic structure, demographic models of mortality and theirinterpretation

Unit VI. Palaeopathology- bioarchaeological approach of disease; effects of agriculture,urbanization and slavery on health and disease; colonization and disease with specialemphasis on the New World; dispersion of modern humans - molecular and morphologicalpatterns of relationshipPractical1. Comparative primate osteology2. Description and identification of the disarticulated skeleton of non-human primates3. Identification and description of fossil casts4. Excursion to a site for seven days for collection of fossil material and its reportSuggested readings1. Napier JR and Napier PH. (1985). The Natural History of the Primates. Cambridge, MA:The MIT Press2. Boyd R and Silk JB. (2009). How Humans Evolved. London: WW Norton.3. Tattersall I. (2009). The Fossil Trail: How We Know What We Think We Know aboutHuman Evolution. New York: Oxford University Press.4. Waldron T. (2008): Palaeopathology. Cambridge University Press.5. Cela-conde CJ and Frisancho J. (2007). Human Evolution: Trails from the past. AyalaOxford University Press.6. Barnes E. Diseases and Human Evolution. (2005). University of New Mexico Press.7. Pinhasi R and Mays S (2008). Advances in Human Palaeopathology. Chichester: JohnWiley & Sons, Inc. (PM).8. Hoppa RD and Vaupel JW. (2002). Paleodemography: Age Distributions from Skeletal

DSE-4:Visual AnthropologyTheory



UNIT 1: Introduction to Visual Anthropology. Visual Culture. Photographic and DigitalMedia: Still, Interactive and Moving.

UNIT 2: Theory and Representation. Anthropology and Images: Ethnophotography andethnographic films and mass media. Theories of representation, modern media and politicaladvocacy.

UNIT 3: Early Ethnographic Photography: Contexts and Trends. Anthropology of Art andAesthetics: Critical reflection on the relation of images, objects and persons. Objects andimages from other societies valued as 'art'.

UNIT 4: Ethnographic Photography: Conventions and Methodologies. Paradigms andDebates.

UNIT 5: Ethnographic Films: Theoretical issues concerning ethnographic film, ethicaldimensions of ethnographic film, Interdependency of technology and culture.

UNIT 6: Cinema Studies with emphasis on key feature, documentary and ethnographicfilms with a focal theme - the examination of the ‘language of film'.

Practical:This paper deals with analysis of visuals such as photographs and films pertaining tocultural practices dealing with institutions of religion, economy and politics.

Theory and Representation: Anthropology and Images: Ethno photography andethnographic films and mass media. Theories of representation, modern media and politicaladvocacy.Anthropology of Art and Aesthetics: Critical reflection on the relation of images, objectsand persons. Objects and images from other societies valued as 'art'.

Ethnographic Film and Cinema Studies: This unit consists of screenings followed byseminars. The emphasis will be on key feature, documentary and ethnographic films with afocal theme- the examination of the ‘language of film'.

Practical Implications: Explore traditional and experimental means of using visual andaudiovisual media to research, represent and produce anthropological knowledge. Criticalengagement with policy and the use of audio-visual and internet based media in advocacyand activism. The students are required to do the following exercises:1. Basic principles of producing ethnographic films: text and its focus, camera angles,lighting and decision making behind the camera.

2. Analyze the visual data from classical ethnographies signifying how ‘otherness’ isconstituted.3. A gendered analysis of visuals produced during colonial and postcolonial times.4. Hypertext and multimedia as analytic end points.5. Collection, reporting and analysis of photo-ethnographic data.6. Digital mirror: computer assisted exercises leading to production of ethnographic text.Suggested Readings1. Marcus Banks and Howard Morphy, 1998, Rethinking Visual Anthropology2. David MacDougall Transcultural Cinema, (Princeton, 1999)3. Ruby, Jay. 1996. “Visual Anthropology.” In Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology, DavidLevinson and Melvin Ember, editors. New York: Henry Holt and Company, vol. 4: 1345-1351.4. Ch. 1, “Reading Pictures,” pp. 1-12 [From: Banks, Marcus. 2001. Visual Methods in SocialResearch. London: Sage.]5. Ember C.R. et al (2011). Anthropology. New Delhi: Dorling Kinderslay. [Unit II, III, IV(Page: 282-321, 430-438, 464, 469-471)]6. Banks M. and Ruby J. (2011). Made do Be Seen. Perspecitves on the History of VisualAnthropology.University of Chicago Press [Practical]7. Schneider A. and Wright C. (2010) Between Art and Anthropology: ContemporaryEthnographic Practice.Berg Publishers[Practical]8. Henley P. (2010). The Adventure of the Real. Jean Rouch and the Craft of ethnographicCinema.Chiacago University Press [Practical]9. Pink S. (2010). Doing Sensory Ethnography. Sage Publications [Practical]

DSE-5:Fashion AnthropologyTheory



Unit-I. Introduction: Fashion, Consumption, and Anthropology: From Evolution to Compassionate Consumption, the Rise and Fall of Evolution in Dress

Unit II: Theoretical and Ethnographic Approaches to Understanding Fashion and Consumer Society

Unit III Colonialism, Dress, and Identity Colonialism, Consumption, and Civilizing FashionAnti-colonial Dress, Clothing Debates in Burma and Africa

Unit IV: Gender, Fashion and Consumption in different Human societies, application offashion in traditional and modern societies, role of religion in fashion.

Unit VI: Globalization and Dress, leather cosmetic relationships, relationship of tribal clanswith reference to embroidery colour and designs in ethnic group of India.

Practical:1.Identification of Pattern making Garment construction and color dynamics.2.Sewing and Clothing manufacture practical.3. A comparison of Computer aided design versus traditional designs

Suggested Readings1. Allman, Jean. Fashioning Power: Clothing, Politics and African Identities. Bloomington:Indiana University Press, 2004.2. Aronson, Lisa. “Body Modification and Art”, in the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dressand Fashion, Volume 1, Africa. Berg Fashion Library, 2010.3. Bachu, Parmindar. Dangerous Designs: Asian Women Fashion the Diaspora Economies.New York: Routledge, 2004.4. Bradley Foster, Helen, and Johnson, Donald Clay. Wedding Dress Across Cultures. BergFashion Library, 2003.4. Eicher, Joanne B., and Roach-Higgins, Mary Ellen. “Definition and Classification ofDress: Implications for Analysis of Gender Roles.” In Dress and Gender: Making andMeaning. Oxford: Berg, 1992, 8–28.5. Eicher, Joanne B., and Sumberg, Barbara. “World Fashion, Ethnic and National Dress”,in Dress and Ethnicity: Change Across Space and Time. Berg Fashion Library, 1995.

DSE-6:Demographic AnthropologyTheory



Unit I: Demographic Anthropology1. Introduction, definition and basic concepts2. Relationship between demography, population studies and anthropology3. Importance of population studies in AnthropologyUnit II: Population Theories1. John Graunt2. Thomas R. Malthus3. Biological theory of population4. Theory of demographic transitionUnit III: Tools of Demographic Data1. Measures of population composition, distribution and growth2. Measures of fertility3. Measures of mortality4. Measures of migrationUnit IV: Population of India1. Sources of demographic data in India2. Growth of Indian population3. Demography of Indian tribal and non-tribal groups4. Anthropological determinants of population growth5. Impact of urbanization on the migration of tribal groupsUnit V: National policies1. National Population Policy2. National Health Policy3. National Policy on Reproductive Health Care

PracticalA student will collect and compile demographic data from different secondary sources onany given topic by the concerned teacher and a project report will be submitted for itsevaluation.

Suggested Readings1. Bhende A. and Kaniikar, T. (2006) Principles of Population Studies. HimalayaPublishing House. Mumbai (All Units, It covers most topics)2. Caldwell J.C. (2006). Demographic Transition Theory. Springer.3. Census of India (2001,2011), SRS bulletin (2013), NFHS (2006 ), CRS, NSSO ( Can beseen from browsing net)4. Gautam R.K., Kshatriya, G.K. and Kapoor A.K. (2010) Population Ecology and FamilyPlanning. Serials publications. New Delhi.5. Howell N. (1986) Demographic Anthropology. Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 15: 219-2466. Kshatriya G.K. (2000). Ecology and health with special reference to Indian tribes. HumanEcology special volume 9:229-245.7. Kshatriya G.K., Rajesh,G. and Kapoor , A.K. (2010) Population Characteristics of Desert

Ecology.VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Gmbh and Co., Germany.8. Misra BD (1982). An introduction to the study of population. South Asia publ. ltd. NewDelhi.9. 10. Park K. (2000) Text book of Preventive and Social Medicine. Banarsidas Bhanot,

DSE-7:Urban AnthropologyTheory



Unit 1 : Emergence of urban anthropologyIntroduction, Extension of the anthropological interest in peasants and rural areas, Originsof Cities and Early Sociological Approaches, Urban planning and design

Unit 2: Political economyRural-urban migration, kinship in the city, problems that arise from urbanism, povertyand social stratification

Unit 3: Class approachCulture of Poverty and the Underclass Approach, Comparison between relations function inan urban setting versus function in a rural setting, Race and Class in Urban Ethnography,Urban Dystopia

Unit 4: Urban Inequality and DisastersPoverty, extended family for urban natives versus migrants , Global Cities and theProduction of Space, Community study and urban ecology, Urban Space, Postmodern andHypermodern City

Unit 5: Global Urban DevelopmentsUrban ethnography research and methodology , Contemporary urban issues: Suburbs,Exurbs and Urban Decline, discliplinary perspectives

Practical(i) Visit city life among business community and appreciate the role of culture with politicsand economics.(ii) Media-popular culture behaviour(iii) Photo shoot in any city life, Creating captions and texts relating to urban anthropologyfindings.

Suggested readings1. http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/2. Cities, classes and the social order. Anthony Leeds, Roger Sanjek3. Childe, V. Gordon. 1950. “ Urban Revolution.” Town Planning Review4. Low Reader Part V: “The Postmodern City” in Low pp. 317-377; Dear and Flusty .5. “Anthropological Fieldwork in Cities”, “The anthropology of Cities: SomeMethodological Issues”.

DSE-8:Anthropology of HealthTheory Full Marks:75 Credit- 4 Time :3hrs.


Unit-1: Introduction and Overview of the Field of Anthropology & Health.A. Health Anthropology within the Context of Anthropology.Anthropology and its subfieldsThe unique place of Health anthropology in anthropology

B. Defining Health and Illness in Cross-Cultural Perspective.Looking at “health,” “illness,” and related concepts in Western culture, including sociological “sick role” models, some important variations in the process of seeking health care.

Unit – 2: Measuring Health: Morbidity, Mortality, and EpidemiologyMorbidity, Mortality, Epidemiology: Meaning, scope and methods. Epidemiology of common communicable diseases: Malaria, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, Diabetes,Cardiovascular disease and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), HIV/AIDS,

Unit – 3: Women’s Health, Sex, Family Planning, and Maternal-Infant Health.Reproductive life, child Birth, Family planning adoption, male dominance, Nursing and early nurture, hyper-menstruation and its corollaries. Population variation and its relation to health and disease.

Unit – 4: Chronic Disease, Injury, Stress, and Mental HealthEffect of Chronic Disease in Health, Relationship between mental health, chronicdisease, and injury, Understanding Stress and Its Effects Cross-Culturally, Mental Disorders and Related Phenomena, diseases associated with specific socioculturaland environmental contexts: Kuru, osteomalacia, sickle cell anaemia.

Unit – 5: Variations in Health Care Systems: A Comparative Perspective.Health promotion and health care delivery programmes. Family welfare programmes. Child health and nutrition programmes. Reproductive health awareness.

Unit – 6: Healing and Healers in Cross-Cultural Perspectives.A. Shamanism, Magic, and Healing.Shaman, Magic, Witchcraft and Sorcery,B. Folk Healers and “Alternative Medicine.”Types of healers and healing, Problems in evaluating efficacy, Sources of dissatisfaction with mainstream medicine.Unit – 7: Health and Human RightsIntroduction to Human rights, Development of a Human Rights Impact Assessment for the Formulation and Evaluation of Public Health Policies.Unit – 8: Legal Aspects & Future Prospects for HealthRules and regulations of international health policy, Medico- Legal Problems in relation to health administration, International health organization / NGOs, Medical Ethics, Critical issues in global health.

Practical

1. Make a Schedule on Health and Demography.2. Calculation of Infant Sex ratio, Fertility rate, Total fertility rate, Mortality rate, Birth rate, crude birth rate, crude death rate, Mortality rate, life expectancy, immigration rate, population growth rate.3. Case Studies of Traditional and Modern healers.Suggested ReadingsRajesh Khanna and A.K. Kapoor. 2007. Ethnic Groups and Health Dimensions.

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