Syllabus (ANTHROPOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-10

Semester: 6

Course Code: BANTMAJ10P

Course Title: Field Work

(L-P-Tu): 0-6-0

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Practical

Course Objective: To understand the importance of field works in Anthropological studies. To learn students how anthropologists to learn about other societies and cultures. Importance of establishing rapport to enter the society and culture they are researching as deeply a

Learning Outcome: The students will learn about how to do fieldwork; use of various techniques of data collection classification, interpretation and presentation of data; writing a field repost, selecting chapter headings and subheadings, writing references, footnotes, end

BANTMJ10P: Field Work (Compulsory): Social & Biological 6 credits

Total Marks: 50 (30 field work + 10 field report + 10 viva voce)

Field work

1. Each student should undertake compulsory training for fieldwork on any community in any village or locality (tribal or multi-caste / multiethnic village) in India.
2. Duration: Not less than 12 days (excluding journey dates)
3. Before proceeding to fieldwork, at-least 15 lectures should be arranged for theoretical preparation and methodological issues on fieldwork

Guidelines for preparing the Field Report:

1. Relevance, Genesis and tradition of Field work in Anthropology,

2. Approaches to the preparation of present field work.

3. Aim and Objectives of the present study.

4. Techniques of data collection (as per theory syllabus)

5. General information of the study area.

6. The village and the people (including their Demographic profile).

7. Some aspects of material culture.

8. Subsistence pattern and principal occupations with case studies.

9. Local everyday markets haat / bazaar.

10. Some aspects of Social Organization.

11. Political organization (both traditional and modern).

12. Life cycle rituals and ceremonies (with at least two case studies each): Birth, Marriage, Death Rituals.

13. Local festivals.

14. Impact of development/ Welfare programs: Problems and approaches- economy, health, education, infrastructure etc