This module is categorised into two UNITS:
Unit 1 focuses on the Anthropology of Identity. The unit explores the anthropology of identity – the study of how people define who they and others are about ethnicity, nation and race.
Unit 2 focuses on Belief and Ritual. The unit offers an exploration of how anthropology as a discipline has attempted to answer questions such as what is a ritual? How does it work? What does it mean to believe? How do beliefs, and practices affect and structure the world we live in? And how, in turn, do history, politics and time shape ritual practices, meanings and subjectivities? What does a ritual say about history, politics, and social life? How do rituals change and transform? Can a ritual be a site of contestation and resistance?
The Module aligns the work and life of the Engineers to the society and its culture. The work and life of the engineer is not isolated from the society and culture. There should always be alignment.