‘INTRODUCE ANTHROPOLOGY IN COLLEGES’ RONO HILLS, Jun 12: The All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) has called for introducing anthropology as a subject in undergraduate courses in all the government colleges in the state. During a meeting with members of the Arunachal Anthropological Forum (AAF) and the North-East Students’ Organisation at Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) today, AAPSU president Kamta Lapung said, “Anthropology is matured enough in terms of human resources to be introduced in all the colleges of Arunachal Pradesh.” He said a proper strategy on pursuing the matter would be drawn by the AAPSU and AAF. AAPSU general secretary Biru Nasi urged the policy-planners to “understand the importance of such a human-centric discipline,” and stressed on popularizing anthropology among the state’s tribal people. Earlier, AAF chairman Ratna Tayeng said the AAF has long been demanding the establishment of an anthropology department in all government colleges in the state. He emphasized the need to create posts for anthropology students in government departments like art & culture, research, museum, social welfare, health, tourism, handloom & handicrafts and industries. RGUSU president Tassar Anung highlighted social issues such as corruption, problems related to development, religious transformation of Arunachalee society, etc, and said “the issues need to be studied anthropologically.” Members of the RGU Research Scholars’ Forum along with research scholars of various disciplines and anthropology students participated in the meeting. Source: The Arunachal Front (Dated 13/06/2013), arunachalfront.info
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:01:45 +0000
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