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Definition
Technique, Method and Methodology
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Definition
Mason Cooley: “Methodology is applied ideology.”
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Example / case study
Yadav caste has many sub-castes like Ahir, Gwala, Sadgop.
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Thinkers
S.C. Roy (1871–1942) – First Indian Ethnographer Bronislaw Malinowski — participant observation; culture exists to satisfy biological and psychological needs. • Structural Functionalism – Radcliffe-Brown
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Definition
Social Anthropology is a branch of sociology mainly devoted to the study of primitive societies.
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Example / case study
Yadav caste has many sub-castes like Ahir, Gwala, Sadgop.
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Thinkers
S.C. Roy (1871–1942) – First Indian Ethnographer E.A. Hoebel — Anthropology is the study of man and his works. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown — structural-functionalism: institutions function like organs to maintain social structure. Bronislaw Malinowski — participant observation; culture exists to satisfy biological and psychological needs.
Short notes for this Anthropology syllabus heading.