Exam Details

Subject Practicing Anthropology
Paper
Exam / Course Masters In Anthropology (Maan)
Department School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

No. of Printed Pages: 2 IMANI-0031
MASTERS IN ANTHROPOLOGY (MAAN)
Term-End Examination
N December, 2016 o
o MANI-003: PRACTICING ANTHROPOLOGY
Time: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 100 Note: Attempt any five questions. All questions cam) equal marks. The word limit for 20 marks question is 500 words and for 10 marks is 250 words. Attempt at least two questions from each section.


SECTION

1. Trace the history of practicing anthropology specifically from the period from 1860 to 1945.

2. Discuss critically the new paradigms used as part of development initiatives.

3. What is Kinanthropometry? Discuss its applications in detail.

4. What are the theories of illness? Discuss in detail any two of them.

5. Attempt any two of the following:

DNA polymorphisms and its applications

Use of multimedia in anthropology

Anthropology and tourism

Dispute of confidentiality


SECTION

6. Examine the methods by which a forensic anthropologist can aid law enforcement agencies.

7. Discuss how the impacts of tourism can be tackled by anthropologists and tourism planners together.

8. Discuss Rapid Rural Appraisal and Participatory Rural Appraisal in anthropological research. Illustrate their differences.

9. Attempt any two of the following:

Challenges faced in disaster management

Anthropological critique of public health policies

Debate of advocacy in anthropology

Practicing anthropology professionally


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