{"id":4002,"date":"2019-03-07T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T14:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5ineprojects.com\/kannada-university\/?page_id=4002"},"modified":"2025-07-04T16:52:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:22:23","slug":"department-of-anthropology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kannadauniversity.org\/english\/department-of-anthropology\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Anthropology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Faculty of Social Sciences<\/strong><\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][stm_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”53″ width=”100%” el_class=”about-menu”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][stm_title title_tag=”h5″ title_color=”custom” page_title_enable=”true” subtitle_enable=”true” title_color_custom=”#000000″ title_margin_b=”10px”][\/stm_title][stm_title title_tag=”h6″ title_color=”custom” title_font_weight=”400″ title_color_custom=”#000000″ title_font_size=”15px” title_line_height=”25px” title_margin_b=”10px”]The focus of the department is to take up systematic study of Kannada Lliterature in the sense of creative writing and also in the sense of all texts in Kannada both oral and written. The texts (both written and oral) are placed in the larger matrix of culture to research on various issues related to history, society, polity. The literary texts are read and interpreted in the light of recent theories so as to re-read them from the context of the present. The Department has so far organized several seminars and come out with publications on Cultural interface of old texts from the point of view of present context of globalization, nativism and other issues.[\/stm_title][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1551353409867{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_id=”welcome-about”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”7446″ img_size=”1000X500″ css=”.vc_custom_1564484010331{margin-top: 5px !important;}”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_tta_tour color=”sky” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1551782250578-541d3853-3a5d”][vc_column_text el_class=”language-list”]<\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The department was established in 2008. The department has twin objective:<\/p>\n

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  1. To produce knowledge of communities in Karnataka and<\/li>\n
  2. To disseminate Anthropological knowledge through publication and teaching. The Department has organized workshops, seminars, and conferences on issues such as local, regional and oral anthropology. The Department has collaborated with prestigious national institutions. The main focus of the department is cultural Anthropology. The knowledge produced is also helpful in policy intervention with regard to the government policies regarding communities both settled as well as nomadic and semi nomadic. The department is engaged in bringing out a comprehensive encyclopedia on Karnataka Anthropology.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Vision Statement of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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    • To be a department which acts as one stop for all community related information in Karnataka<\/li>\n
    • Documentation and analysis of communities in Karnataka through Ethnographic reports<\/li>\n
    • Building an Anthropological \/ Ethnographical museum<\/li>\n
    • To be a policy interventionist with regard to communities in Karnataka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      Mission Statement of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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      • Ethnographic Study of communities addressing the challenges that they are facing in the present.<\/li>\n
      • Documenting the changes in the communities<\/li>\n
      • Documenting their vanishing anthropological practices<\/li>\n
      • Creating a museum to be the source for further analytical studies<\/li>\n
      • To train future researchers in the field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Uniqueness of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n

        Though a small department and started late in the University, the department has put an initial foundation to the study of communities, historical changes, ethnographic documentation through research by the faculty members as well as students. Hopefully we will be able to achieve our vision through this solid foundation in the coming years.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Department Profile” tab_id=”1551783308061-f6ed8aa5-fdcb”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

        Department Profile<\/strong><\/h6>\n