Course10910773464 lectures
Tribal Studies in India: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Approaches
Prof. Roluahpuia and Prof. Sarbani Banerjee · IIT Roorkee
About
The course familiarizes students with the concepts and approaches to the study of tribal communities in India from an interdisciplinary perspective. It offers foundational understanding of the existing theories and important readings of this field of study. It provides case studies from different geographic regions of the country and uses multiple methods extending from artwork, visuals, scholarly essays, and critical social science theories. At the end of the course, students will be equipped with an understanding of tribal communities, issues faced by the communities, and new insights on contemporary tribal realities viz-a-viz modernity and globalization.
Intended audience: Students, scholars, service and non-service backgrounds
Lectures
Week 1
- Introduction: Understanding the Concept of Tribe- Historicizing the Concept of Tribe
- Introduction: De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes; PVTGs
- Introduction: Indigenous People, Adivasi, Janjati
- Understanding Tribes in India: Social Organization of Tribes
- Understanding Tribes in India: Tribal Economy
Week 2
- Understanding Tribes in India: Political Institutions in Tribal Societies
- Women in Tribal Societies
- Assimilation and Integration of Indian Tribes
- Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives of Tribes in India
- Tribe-Caste Continuum
Week 3
- Tribe as Peasant
- Tribe as Ethnic Group
- Problems of Categories and Classifications: Part-I
- Problems of Categories and Classifications: Part-II
- Methods and Approaches to the Study of Tribes
Week 4
- Tribes During Colonial Rule
- Tribal Uprisings during Colonial Rule in the Chota Nagpur Region
- Tribal Uprising During Colonial Rule in Central and Southern India
- Tribal Uprisings during Colonial Rule in the Northeastern Region
- Case Study on Lushai Hills: Part-I
Week 5
- Case Study on Lushai Hills: Part-II
- Tribes and the Indian National Movement
- Tribes During the Colonial Rule: Administration of Tribal Areas: Laws and Legislations I
- Tribes During the Colonial Rule: Administration of Tribal Areas: Laws and Legislations II
- Resource Rights: Land
Week 6
- Resource Rights: Forests
- Resource Rights: Water
- Dispossession & Conflict
- Exploitation, Indentureship and Plantation Economy
- Tribes in Post-Colonial India I: Constitution Making and the Role of Tribes: Part I
Week 7
- Tribes in Post Colonial India I: Constitution Making and the Role of Tribes: Part II
- Tribes in Post Colonial India I: Constitution Making and the Role of Tribes: Part III
- Constitutional Provisions, Protective Discrimination & Welfare of Tribes in India: Part- I
- Constitutional Provisions, Protective Discrimination & Welfare of Tribes in India: Part- II
- Tribes in Post-Colonial India II: Tribal Administration and Autonomy Provisions: Part 1
Week 8
- Tribes in Post-Colonia India II: Tribal Administration and Autonomy Provisions II
- Tribes in Post-Colonial India II: Tribal Administrative and Autonomy Provisions III
- Tribes in Post-Colonial India II: Tribal Politics and Political Parties IV
- Tribes in Post-Colonial India II : Tribal Politics and Political Parties V
- Tribal Politics and Political Parties: Case Study of Jharkhand
Week 9
- Tribal Politics and Political Parties: Case Studies from North-East India (Mizoram)
- Development and Tribes
- Tribal Migration
- Social and Cultural Changes in Tribes
- Tribal Middle Class
Week 10
- Social Exclusion & Socio-Economic Status of the Tribes in Post-reform Era
- Tribal Narratives
- Oral Traditions of Tribes in India
- Tribal Performance and Festivals
- Tribal Literature in India: Part-I
Week 11
- Tribal Literature in India: Part-II
- Social Movements: Tribal Activism and Tribal Rights I
- Social Movements: Tribal Activism and Tribal Rights II
- Social Movements: Environmental Movements
- Case Studies on Tribal Social and Environmental Movements
- Globalisation and Tribes in India
- Social Media and Tribes in India
Week 12
- Tribal Cultural Entrepreneurs and Influencers in India
- Tribal Studies and Humanities and Social Sciences
- The Future of Tribal Studies in India: Current Trends and Scopes
- Tribal Myths, Ecology and Nature Worship
- Role of Performance in Tribal Rituals
- Tribal Religion and Gender
- Tribal Religion and Socio-Political Set Up
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Roorkee
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Taught by
- Prof. Roluahpuia, Prof. Sarbani Banerjee
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
- Attribution
- NPTEL states: "Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike / CC BY - NC - SA", beside a BY-NC-SA badge.
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