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IGNOU MANE-05 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
SECTION- A
1. Discuss the theoretical paradigms and methods in ecological anthropology.
2. Define ecology? Discuss the development of the ecological perspective in anthropology.
3. Deliberate on the potential environmental stressors.
4. Discuss the social perspectives in the development of arid and semi-arid areas, with suitable examples.
5. Write short notes:
a. Human biological adaptations
b. Cultural ecology
SECTION-B
6. Give an overview of the Silent Valley Movement, Kerala and the Narmada Banchao Andolan, Gujarat.
7. Deliberate on the term indigenous peoples. Reflect on the Post-colonial Forest Policies in India and the relationship of the indigenous people with the forest.
8. Discuss with suitable examples how indigenous environmental knowledge can help in biodiversity conservation.
9. Write a note on anthropology and climate change.
10. Write short notes:
a. Displacement and resettlement of tribal people
b. Sacred places and sacred grooves
IGNOU MANE-05 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
SECTION A
1. Discuss Environmental anthropology, its scope, emergence and development.
2. Define Hunter-Gatherers and discuss their classification.
3. Briefly discuss the concept of ecosystem.
4. Briefly discuss colonial and post colonial forest policies in India.
5. Define and differentiate between any two of the following:
d) The origins of agriculture
e) Protectionist and community based conservations
f) Indigenous Peoples and environmental justice.
SECTION B
6. Briefly discuss current trends in environmental anthropology.
7. Gender, water and environment. Discuss.
8. Discuss the domains of applications in environmental anthropology.
9. Discuss in brief ecological succession.
10. Write short notes on any two of the following:
a) Arid and semi-arid regions
b) Applied medical anthropology
c) Communities, culture and climate change.
