Culture and Civilization with its Behavioral Aspects

Civilization includes all the materialistic developments of the world which are the products of human advancements. It includes material or concrete things used by human being such as house, household commodities, and different kind of apparatus, instruments, weapons, pots and any means of conveniences. Both civilization and culture are changing but the rate of change of civilization is much faster than culture. Civilization, the comfortable condition...

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Culture and Development Process in Rural Development

Study of anthropology, as well as development, culture is one of the major dimensions of development. Culture is one of the major branches in anthropology and without considering cultural aspects, no development projects can be successful. Culture and development together studies the role of culture on human beings and their development. This is the study of role of culture on development action of human beings in group and vice versa. Culture generally...

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Development Discourse assemblage with Social Science

There is increasing recognition of social science knowledge in development discourse. In recent times, social science has been significantly observed as a discipline capable of making major contributions to an understanding of what hinders and facilitates the development practice. Prior to that date, there was a prodigious impact of economics in the development programs and policies. There was completely absence of Anthropologists and Sociologist...

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Inevitability of Anthropological Knowledge in Rural Development

Rural development involves extending the benefits of development to the poorest among those who seek a living in the bucolic area. Hence, rural development is a plan intended to develop rural people, especially those who are socially, economically and politically retrograde and underprivileged. Rural development does not only means monetary enrichment of society or people, but overall development such as empowerment, participation in all development activities,...

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Development and Practicing of Anthropology and Critique

Development is a universal problem which has drawn the attention of third world or developing countries to the identical problem. Different rehearses which were used in the past are viewed as antecedents of development, thought the term development was not used at the time. Development anthropology is the application of anthropological knowledge, theories, methods, and approaches for the purpose of betterment of people of particular societies. Development...

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Development as Freedom, Liberation and Empowerment

Development is considered as a process of expanding the real freedoms that people enjoy. Growth of GNP or of individual incomes can be very important as means to expanding the freedoms enjoyed by the members of the civilization. But freedoms depend on social and economics arrangements as well as political and civil rights. Similarly, industrialization or technological progress or social modernization can substantially contribute to expanding social...

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Why Third World Diversities and Dilemmas for Development Discourse?

The world has been divided in First and Third World. The problems are more serious to the poor groups and they are the most victims. They are suffering from poverty, displacement, unemployment and so on. Affluent groups are not losing since they are in better position to adjust to change. Development is not undertaken to provide opportunities to any particular group. It seeks to promote wider national interests for the benefit of all. For the...

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Monolithic to Polycentric Notion for Development Discourse

Monolithic notion of development has tried to define and understand the development process as static and unchangeable while polycentric notion defines the development process as changeable. Polycentric notion states the development discourse can be modified by the introduction of new objects and variables that could be introduced in time intervals. It is based on the conventional notion of transfer of technology providing technical information...

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