BANC-102 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY in English Solved Assignment 2023-2024

BANC-102 INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY in English Solved Assignment 2023-2024

TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
(TMA)
Course Code: BANC 102
Assignment Code: BANC 102/ASST/TMA/July 2023 and January 2024
Total Marks: 100

There are three Sections in the Assignment. You have to answer all questions in all the
Sections.
Assignment – I
Answer the following in about 500 words each. 2X20= 40
a. Discuss the scope and relevance of Social and Cultural anthropology.
b. Write a note on the contributions of Radcliffe-Brown and Malinowski in laying
down the premise of fieldwork in anthropology.
Assignment – II
Answer the following in about 250 words each. (Write Short Notes) 2X10=20
a. Discuss Symbolism and Interpretive approach.
b. Write a note on the feminist critique in anthropology.
Answer the following questions in about 75 words each. 5X2=10
a. Fieldwork in the twenty first century
b. Characteristics of Culture
c. Arm-Chair Anthropologists
d. Status and Role
e. Literature review
Assignment – III
a. Select a topic (except migration). Write the steps for preparing a synopsis
emphasizing on the significance of your study, universe of study, unit of study, aims
and objectives, methods, tools and techniques. 20
b. Correct the reference style and arrange them alphabetically 5X2=10
i. The ethnographic I: A methodological novel about autoethnography.Ellis, Carolyn
(2004): Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press..
ii. ‘Children of the Troubles: The impact of political violence in Northern Ireland’,
Journal of Social Issues 60:453-68 Muldoon, O.T. (2004).
iii. Fortes. Meyer, 1969. Kinship and the Social Order. Aldine Publishers. Chicago:
iv. New York: Basic Books, Inc. Publishers. Geertz, C. (1973). The interpretations of
cultures.
v. Holman Jones, S. (2005). Handbook of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. ‘Autoethnography: Making the personal political’. In N.K. Denzin & Y.S.
Lincoln (Eds.), (pp. 763-791).

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