Health Information Systems Project in Andhra Pradesh-Experiences from phcs in Kuppam

Ethnicity and nationalism (Cont…)

• Anthropological approaches also enable us to explore the ways in which ethnic relations are being defined and perceived by people; how they talk and think about their own group as well as other groups, and how particular world-views are being maintained or contested.
• The significance of ethnic membership to people can best be investigated through that detailed on-the-ground research which is the hallmark of anthropology.
• Social anthropology, being a comparative discipline, studies both differences and similarities between ethnic phenomena & provides a nuanced and complex vision of ethnicity in the contemporary world.