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IGNOU MANE-03 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
SECTION- A
1. Define ethnography? Discuss feminist approach and methodology in ethnography.
2. Critically examine Karin Kapadia’s Siva and her sisters: Gender, Caste and Class in Rural South India.
3. Discuss any one of the ethnography from your course that reflects on the functional approach in writing ethnography.
4. With reference to the ethnography Himalayan Polyandry: Structure, Functioning and Culture Change discuss the fieldwork concerns, intellectual background and the social stratification and caste hierarchy examined in the work.
5. Write short notes:
a. Coming of Age
b. Ethics in social science research
SECTION-B
6. Give an overview of writing cultures.
7. Discuss symbolism in religious functions through Geertz work.
8. Examine how Evans-Pritchard’s The Nuer provides an insight into their life ways in the political domain.
9. Why is re-study in ethnography important? Evaluate with the help of examples.
10. Write short notes referring to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
a. Traditional Remedies
b. M.N. Srinivas and his work
IGNOU MANE-03 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
SECTION- A
1. Define ethnography? Discuss the new trends in ethnography.
2. Discuss the interpretative and the feminist approach in writing ethnographies with suitable examples.
3. Deliberate on the concept of kinship as portrayed in the ethnography The Web of Kinship among the Tallensi.
4. Analyse the concepts of class, caste and power as reflected in Andre Beteilli’s work.
5. Write short notes:
a. Ethics in writing
b. Notes on love in a Tamil Family
SECTION-B
6. With reference to M.N. Srinivas’s work outline the ritual idiom of the Coorgs.
7. Discuss the concept of ‘coming of age’ as portrayed in Margaret Mead’s work.
8. Examine Annette. B. Weiner’s work among The Trobrianders of Papua New Guinea and how it had an impact on gender study.
9. Discuss the ethnography India’s Changing Villages: Human Factors in Community Development.
10. Write short notes referring to the ethnographies discussed in the course:
a. T.N. Madan
b. Himalayan Polyandry
