This paper is concerned with the institutional experiences of the Ethnographic & Folk Culture Society, Lucknow, India in producing anthropological research. This society was created in 1945 by the Doyen of Anthropology late Professor D.N. Majumdar. He started collecting material traits from different tribes. His biggest contribution was the production of the journal Eastern Anthropologist which continued uninterrupted publication for 75 yrs. It has published articles on different research including rural, tribal, urban, class, caste, gender and ideologies.
The Society conducts regular seminars/conferences on different issues of contemporary relevance. The recent one is ‘IUAES-WAU World Anthropology Pre-Congress 2022 on Anthropology in India: Contemporary Debates and Future Possibilities.’ The next one was ‘Global Warming: Future of Indigenous Communities’ held in March 2022. Majumdar also established the Department of Anthropology at University of Lucknow in 1951 and developed it into a premier institute in India. Several international projects including the Cornell- Lucknow University Project were conducted. The society has many branches including the D.N. Majumdar Memorial Museum, The K. S. Mathur Public Library, Research Wing and Conference Wing. The Society mainly researched on the vulnerable section of Indian society and Culture particularly Scheduled Tribes,Scheduled Castes and Women. The researches were conducted through taking up projects, organizing conferences, workshops and seminars and producing them in journals. Other than The Eastern Anthropologist, it produces two more journals Manav in Hindi and Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics.
In light of the above present paper will focus on exploring the contribution of the Society towards the development of Anthropological research in India. It will also try to find out specific areas of research conducted by it.
