Syllabus (ANTHROPOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-18

Semester: 8

Course Code: BANTMAJ18C

Course Title: Tribal Studies in India 

(L-P-Tu): 5-1-0

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Combined

Course Objective: Demonstrate fundamental as well as advanced knowledge in Tribal Studies that is comparable to national and international standards Explore different areas of knowledge that lies at the intersection of Tribal Studies and other allied disciplines Execute re

Learning Outcome: In the field of social sciences, the study of tribes is a relatively new discipline. It has been associated with social anthropology since its birth and has its roots there. It has become an inter-disciplinary idea over time, yet the demand for autonomous

BANTMJ18C: Tribal Studies in India 6 credits

(Only for Honours without Research) Total Marks: 50 (30 theory + 20 practical)

Unit-1. Tribal Studies – Definition, Meaning, Nature & Scope

Unit-2. Tribal Studies: - History; Evolution; perspective, Tribal Discourse in Social Sciences

Unit-3. Tribal Indigenous Entity, Social organisation (family, marriage and kinship), World Indigenous Population

Unit-4. Tribal Movement in India

Unit 5. Tribal Problems (Health, Education, Migration, Economic, Social, Religious, Land Alienation etc.); Constitutional Provisions and Acts for Tribal; PESA; FRA; 5^th and 6^th Schedule

Practical

Literature review /Book review of any studies among any one Indian tribe.

References

Nadeem Hasnnain. 1992. Tribal India. Palaka Prakashan.

Vidyarthi and Rai. 1985. The Tribal Culture of India. Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd.

Andersen, C. 2009. Critical Indigenous Studies: From difference to density. Cultural Studies Review, 15(2), 80-100.

Beteille, A. 1986. ‘The Concept of Tribe with Special Reference to India’, European Journal of Sociology. 27: 297-318.

Deloria, V. Jr. 2004. Philosophy and the Tribal Peoples. In A. Waters (Ed.), American Indian Thought: Philosophical essays (pp. 3-11). Malden: Blackwell Publishing.

H.S. Sakaena et.al. eds. Scheduled Tribe and Development. New Delhi : Serial Publication.

Meena Radhakrishnan. Ed. 2016. First Citizens : Studies on Adivsis, Tribals and Indigenous People in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Singh K.S. 1985. Tribal Society in India: An Anthropological Perspective. New Delhi : Manohar Publication.

Smith, L. T. 1999. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous People. New York: Zed Books.

Srivastav, Vinay Kumar & Sukant K Chaudhary. 2009. Anthropological studies of Indian Tribes. In Yogesh Atal. Sociology and Social Anthropology in India. Delhi: Pearson.

Srivastav, Vinay Kumar ed. 2013. Tribes of India. Concepts, Institution and Practices. New Delhi, Serial Publication.

Berger, Peter and Frank Heidemann. 2013. The Modern Anthropology of India. Oxon: Routledge.

Denzin, Norman K, Yvonna S Lincoln and Linda Tuhiwai Smith. 2008. Handbook of Critical and Indigenous Methodologies. Sage Publication.

Ember, Carol R. and Melvin Ember. 1993. Anthropology. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall.

Evans-Pritchard, E.E. 1990. Social Anthropology. Delhi: Universal Book stall.

Fried M.H. 1975. The Notion of Tribe. California: Cummings Publications

Ghurye, G.S. 1963. The Scheduled Tribes. Bombay: Popular Prakashan.

Majumdar, D.N. and Madan. 1990. An Introduction to social Anthropology. New Delhi: National Publishing House.

Xaxa, V 2003. Tribes in India. In Veena Das ed. Oxford Indian Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology. Vol. 1. pp 373-408. Oxford University Press.