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IGNOU MAN-01 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
SECTION- A
1. Discuss how social anthropology developed as a subject. Deliberate on its scope and future perspectives.
2. Define kinship. Critically discuss the changing dynamics in kinship.
3. Discuss functionalism with reference to Malinowski’s work.
4. Address how feminist theories have been used in anthropological works.
5. Write short notes:
a. Structural-Functional approach
b. Alliance theory
SECTION-B
6. Write a note on rituals and symbolism.
7. Give an overview of State and Stateless societies with suitable examples.
8. Discuss in brief the main theories in economic anthroplogy.
9. Discuss the traditional economic systems with examples.
10. Write short notes:
a. Sanskritisation
b. Types of marriages
IGNOU MAN-01 (July 2023 – January 2024) Assignment Questions
SECTION- A
1. Discuss the intellectual foundations for the emergence of a science of society. Discuss the history and growth of social anthropology as a subject.
2. Define marriage. Critically discuss the changing dynamics in marriage.
3. Discuss structuralism with reference to Claude Lévi-Strauss’s work.
4. Discuss feminism with reference to the anthropological works.
5. Write short notes:
a. Fieldwork
b. Cultural relativism
SECTION-B
6. Outline the main approaches to the study of religion. Describe any one of them in detail.
7. Write a note on Neo-evolutionism.
8. What is shamanism? Describe the various types of shamans.
9. What is shifting cultivation? Discuss its merits and demerits.
10. Write short notes:
a. Victor Turner
b. Potlatch and Kula ring
