Anthropology short notes · Paper 1

Post-modernism in anthropology.

(j) Post-modernism in anthropology.

Part of Anthropological theories:

Short notes

Post-modernism in anthropology.

Definition

Colonialism and imperial expansion exposed anthropologists to diverse societies, but early studies were biased.

Thinkers

  • • H.H. Risley – Census classification in India: G.P. Murdock’s Ethnographic Atlas – Standardized questionnaire for cross-cultural comparison; National Sample Survey (India) – Schedule-based large scale data collection.