APPLICATION
AREAS OF ANTHROPOLOGY
Endeavours to act a professional
forum to disseminate cumulative
experience gained by anthropology in specific areas of its application in
developmental, welfare and creative aesthetic domains of human existence.
Volume I contains anthologies of
five such Inter-disciplinary applications oriented subfields of anthropology,
respective areas. The areas covered in this volume are:
-Faring Systems research/
John
van Willigen
-Forensic Anthropology
Surinder
Nath
-Human Growth and Assessment of
Nutritional Status/ J.C. Sharma
-Management Anthropology/
J.M.
Bradshaw and Mario
D.
Zamora
These essays are likely to be of
immense use to applied as well as academic practitioners of anthropology,
allied sciences interfacing with anthropological knowledge and methods.
About the author
Dr. Anil Mahajan (b 1952) is currently a Research Associate in
Development Anthropology at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Prior to this he
taught social anthropology at Panjab University, Chandigarh and physical
science at Civil Avitation College (Gulf States) – and ICAO/ UNDP managed
institution in Arabian Gulf. He has been actively involved in the application
of anthropology to adult education and environmental management in India.His
recent books includes Studies in Medical Anthropology (1990) C0-ed.) and Human Encounter with Drought Co-ed. (1991)
Dr. Surender Nath (b1945) is
currently a reader in Forensic Anthropology at the University of Delhi, where
he has been associated with the co-ordination and teaching of forensic Science
and Forensic Anthropology courses for over fifteen years.
A leading scholar in the area of
forensic applications or Fingerprints and Skeletal materal, he is widely
recognised for his scientific researches in the fields of dermatoglyphics.
(Science of Fingerprints), human biological growth and analysis of Skeletal material.
In addition to this, he has
published over fifty-five scientific articles in international and national
journals. He has produced six Ph. Ds. and authored, An Introduction to forensic Anthropology and Fingerprint Identification
in crime Detection.
I.S.B.N: 81-85047-90-1
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