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in the interwar period, Mukherjee fleshed out his theory of ‘social ecology’…
Mukherjee kept pace with the developing discipline of scientific ecology … he drew
fascinating parallels between ecological influences on the planet, animal, and
human worlds respectively … while eschewing ecological determinism, he illuminated the influence of the ‘web of life’ on human economic, political and social
relations (Guha 2008, p.5)”. Radhakamal Mukherjee (1942) illuminated the ideology of existence of ecology for the existence of human world. According to him,
human world makes in all concern what human wants to set up his or her surrounding, changing the set up already created by nature and modifying with intension and
selfishness. In his book Social Ecology, Radhakamal Mukherjee explained the different facets of human society and factors influencing them.
10.2 Database and Methodology
Intensive field investigations were made in two different tribal villages Dhaska and
Akarbad. The research is purely based on anthropo-geography where special attention was given to two specific tribal communities of Purulia district, namely, Santal
and Kharia Sabar. Field work was done for 12 months in four terms between 2017
and 2018. Beside this, all the seasons of a year were also covered. Almost all the
conventional methods of anthropo-geography, e.g. interview, observation and genealogy, were applied for the collection of data. Both structured and unstructured spot
interviews had been taken from Manjhi (village head man), other village heads (like
Naeke, the village priest, etc.), head of the family and especially the married women
of both the communities.
Special attention was given on interviewing respondents about the meaning of
rituals, taboos, ethos, culture, societal norms, polity and the interrelation with the
nature. Before the interview, extensive and meaningful observations of day to day
and season to season behavioural pattern of different rituals of the said tribes had
been gathered during those 12 months. The sole objective of incorporating these
attributes along with these conventional methods is to cover the five broad facets of
social ecology of the tribal communities.
10.3 Santals
In India, Santal is the third largest tribal community after Gond and Bhil tribes. In
Purulia district, Santals are concentrated highest among all tribal communities with
65.45%. “The Santals call themselves Hor Hopon, meaning child or children of
human beings. It is only in the mouth of others they are regionally called Santal,
Saontar and Sotar. In the government records they are mostly found either as Santal
or Santhal” (Hembram 1996, p.6).
S. Mukherjee and U. S. Malik
in the interwar period, Mukherjee fleshed out his theory of ‘social ecology’…
Mukherjee kept pace with the developing discipline of scientific ecology … he drew
fascinating parallels between ecological influences on the planet, animal, and
human worlds respectively … while eschewing ecological determinism, he illuminated the influence of the ‘web of life’ on human economic, political and social
relations (Guha 2008, p.5)”. Radhakamal Mukherjee (1942) illuminated the ideology of existence of ecology for the existence of human world. According to him,
human world makes in all concern what human wants to set up his or her surrounding, changing the set up already created by nature and modifying with intension and
selfishness. In his book Social Ecology, Radhakamal Mukherjee explained the different facets of human society and factors influencing them.
10.2 Database and Methodology
Intensive field investigations were made in two different tribal villages Dhaska and
Akarbad. The research is purely based on anthropo-geography where special attention was given to two specific tribal communities of Purulia district, namely, Santal
and Kharia Sabar. Field work was done for 12 months in four terms between 2017
and 2018. Beside this, all the seasons of a year were also covered. Almost all the
conventional methods of anthropo-geography, e.g. interview, observation and genealogy, were applied for the collection of data. Both structured and unstructured spot
interviews had been taken from Manjhi (village head man), other village heads (like
Naeke, the village priest, etc.), head of the family and especially the married women
of both the communities.
Special attention was given on interviewing respondents about the meaning of
rituals, taboos, ethos, culture, societal norms, polity and the interrelation with the
nature. Before the interview, extensive and meaningful observations of day to day
and season to season behavioural pattern of different rituals of the said tribes had
been gathered during those 12 months. The sole objective of incorporating these
attributes along with these conventional methods is to cover the five broad facets of
social ecology of the tribal communities.
10.3 Santals
In India, Santal is the third largest tribal community after Gond and Bhil tribes. In
Purulia district, Santals are concentrated highest among all tribal communities with
65.45%. “The Santals call themselves Hor Hopon, meaning child or children of
human beings. It is only in the mouth of others they are regionally called Santal,
Saontar and Sotar. In the government records they are mostly found either as Santal
or Santhal” (Hembram 1996, p.6).
S. Mukherjee and U. S. Malik