Short notes
Demographic theories
Demographic Theories
Definition
Errors in DNA & protein synthesis accumulate → cellular malfunction → ageing.
Thinkers
- L.H. Morgan (Iroquois, 1840s – though semi-field): British Field Tradition.
Biological
Definition
Errors in DNA & protein synthesis accumulate → cellular malfunction → ageing.
Thinkers
- E.A. Hoebel: “Anthropology is the study of man and his works.”
Social
Definition
Ageing is also shaped by social expectations, roles, norms, and culture.
Example / case study
- Herbert Risley: Racial theory of caste; The People of India.
- Thurston: Castes & Tribes of Southern India.
- Beginning: Institutionalisation of anthropology (Dept. of Anthropology, Calcutta University – 1920).
- Nature: Empirical fieldwork, study of social institutions.
Thinkers
- S.C. Roy (1871–1942) – First Indian Ethnographer
Cultural
Definition
Mysore Tribes & Castes (4 vols.)
Example / case study
- Chiapas, Mexico — Coca-cola addiction → Diabetes
Thinkers
- S.C. Roy (1871–1942) – First Indian Ethnographer
- • Ta-ta theory(E.B Tylor) – imitation of gesture movements