Exam Details
| Subject | Comparative Ethnography | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Masters In Anthropology (Maan) | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | December, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. What is ethnographic writing Discuss the Interpretative and Feminist perspectives in writing ethnography.
2. Describe the field methods used by Malinowski. Critically evaluate the functionalism with reference to Malinowski's work.
3. Discuss the issues pertaining to fieldwork methods and intellectual context of the ethnography Coming of Age in Samoa.
4. Discuss how Andre Beteille has analysed the concept of hierarchy in his work Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village.
5. Write short notes on the following with reference to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
Culture and Personality
The Coorgs
6. Discuss the Santri variant of religion with reference to the ethnography The Religion of Java.
7. Discuss the issues pertaining to the fieldwork methods and intellectual context of the ethnography The Nuers.
8. Focusing on gender identities, analyse the ethnography Life Cycle, Gender and Status among Himalayan Pastoralists.
9. Analyse the ethnography The Raj Gonds of Adilabad A Peasant Culture of the Deccan (Myth and Ritual) emphasizing on the theoretical aspects of the work.
10. Write short notes on the following with reference to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
Ecology
Hijras of India
2. Describe the field methods used by Malinowski. Critically evaluate the functionalism with reference to Malinowski's work.
3. Discuss the issues pertaining to fieldwork methods and intellectual context of the ethnography Coming of Age in Samoa.
4. Discuss how Andre Beteille has analysed the concept of hierarchy in his work Caste, Class and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village.
5. Write short notes on the following with reference to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
Culture and Personality
The Coorgs
6. Discuss the Santri variant of religion with reference to the ethnography The Religion of Java.
7. Discuss the issues pertaining to the fieldwork methods and intellectual context of the ethnography The Nuers.
8. Focusing on gender identities, analyse the ethnography Life Cycle, Gender and Status among Himalayan Pastoralists.
9. Analyse the ethnography The Raj Gonds of Adilabad A Peasant Culture of the Deccan (Myth and Ritual) emphasizing on the theoretical aspects of the work.
10. Write short notes on the following with reference to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
Ecology
Hijras of India
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Anthropology And Methods Of Research
- Archaeological Anthropology
- Comparative Ethnography
- Environmental Anthropology
- Gender And Society
- Human Genetics
- Human Growth And Development
- Physical Anthropology
- Practicing Anthropology
- Social Anthropology