BANC-108 EM 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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BANC 108: THEORIES OF CULTURE AND SOCIETY
TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT
(TMA)
Course Code: BANC 108
Assignment Code: BANC 108/ASST/TMA/July 2025 and January 2026

Assignment – I Answer the following in about 500 words each

1. Discuss the beginning of the evolutionary thoughts and the works of the early thinkers.
2. Deliberate on Durkheim and his theory of social integration.

Assignment – II Answer the following in about 250 words each. (Write Short Notes)

1. Write a note on the Feminist approach in anthropology.
2. Discuss Malinowski’s contribution to functionalism.

Answer the following questions in about 75 words each.

1. A.R. Radcliffe-Brown
2. Conflict theories
3. Cultural ecology
4. Team ethnography
5. Historical particularism

Assignment – III

1. Define theory and examine the need for a theory in an ethnographic study.
2. Prepare a synopsis to study the different types of family in a society. With relevant justifications Write a note on which theory you would apply to study the topic.