Research Methods

8. Research methods in anthropology:

• Fieldwork tradition in anthropology
• Ethnographic Method
• Distinction between technique, method and methodology
• Tools of data collection:
  • observation
  • interview
  • questionnaire and schedules
  • Case study
  • genealogy
  • life history
  • oral history
  • Focus Group Discussion
  • Primary Source of information
  • secondary sources of information
  • Field work without informants
  • participatory methods.
  • Phenomenological research method (2019 , 15 marks)
  • subjectivity and reflexivity in anthropology
• Analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.
• Holistic Approach
• Ethnographic Approach
• Emic and Etic Approach
• Comparative and Historical Approach
• Is anthropology a science ?
• How is theory in anthropology different from that in the pure sciences?
• History of research in Anthropology
• Ethics in research
• Netnography or Virtual ethnography
• Previous Years Questions

PRACTICINGANTHROPOLOGYAND PROGRESS

• ANTHROPOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT
• ADVOCACY, POLICY RESEARCH AND ANTHROPOLOGY
• Action Anthropology