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Item Continuity and Change in Social Institutions, Economic Activities and Cultural Practices A Case Study of Yadav People of Hempur VDC of Sarlahi District(Central Department of Sociology, 2016) yadav, Jay Prakash RayNot availableItem Regressive Inclination in Postmodernism(Central Department of English, 2007) Kharel, Megh PrasadThe main objective of the research is to explore the regressive inclination in postmodernism. The cultural practices of postmodernism like simulacra, superficiality, pastiche, parody, eclecticism, assemblage, collage, kitsch, double coding, death of real, always work in image, mimicry, code and sign, loss of historicity, generic deletion between high and low art, the collapse of distinction between elite and pop culture, emphasis on superficial knowledge, decline of originality and genius view of artistic producer, emphasis on fragmentation, anarchy and disorder, celebration upon cultural reification, linguistic game, hyperspace, schizophrenic aestheticism, nostalgia mode and decentering the subject are discussed dialectically. The major point the research makes is that postmodernism is embedded with regressive inclination because of its unreasonable tendency towards modernity project, which creates more problem rather than providing solution to the advanced capitalism, which is claimed in reference to Frederic Jameson's maxim postmodernism is a cultural logic of late capitalism. The research reaches the conclusion that continuity of modernity project is necessary owing to the reason that positive and negative aspects of modernization in post-enlightenment period should be judged in respect to the fulfillment of basic needs of the common people's economic, political and cultural content, which can only be a solution of the advanced capitalistic problem. Cultural practices in the human society should be inspired on the basis of the fulfillment of basic needs of the common people. Chapter I contains preliminary synopsis of the postmodernism which gives a glimpse of postmodernist thinkers like Lyotard, Hassan , Baudrillard and Ventury's view about the postmodern idea. Chapter II is the description of how postmodern idea legalized in the academic field. Chapter III contains the general description of cultural practices of postmodernism in the genres like fiction, poem, architecture, television, film and music. Then chapter IV emphasizes the some critics of postmodernism. Chapter V contains Marxist ideology and aestheticism, and chapter six focuses on Jameson's interpretation of postmodernism as a cultural logic of late capitalism and its regressive inclination by analyzing some deteriorated postmodern cultural practices. The final chapter is the conclusion which restated the main points.Item The Role of Cultural Practices on Pollution of Phewa Lake (An Anthropological Study of Phewa Lake, Pokhara, Nepal)(Faculty of Sociology, 2014) Basyal, Jit BahadurA study was conducted to examine the role of cultural practices as kind of mechanism of used by pollution of Phewa Lake, Kaski district Nepal. A single-visit survey method was used to gather data through structured questionnaire (80 households), direct observations. Likewise, the primary data played a dominant role into drawing a valid summary and conclusion. Secondary data were also incorporated when it was relevant and required. People are dependent on lake resources for water, drinking sanitation, bathing, boating and fishing as well as tourism activities. Major sources of solid wastes are finding in research hotel waste, home dust, and plastic bottle bags, waste related to fish farming, and religious cultural wastes. This is major cultural practices and techniques of pollution of Phewa Lake. Research questions were raised and combinations of qualitative and qualitative methods were applied. On the basis of objectives, it has been assessment, explained and analyzed the role of cultural practices on pollution of the common resources in detail such as Phewa Lake. Tragedy of the common approach is the valid. This research has been showed the common property ruined as well as harmful and being poisonous. It has been disturbed natural rhythm by human assess and access through cultural practices and technology. They are depending on such resource from ancient past. But they are less responsible to improve the condition and quality of such resource. They only harvest form it but never think to manage such resource. They are just using it but never think about the whole ecosystem. They are using different modern culture for their subsistence and using Phewa Lake as a source of economy rather than the part of environment. Unmanaged solid waste disposal is one of the main causes of environmental degradation or Phewa lake pollution. Rapid urbanization, population growth, and attitude and behavior of the people are another cause of effecting on ecosystem. This study has included this population. This study has focused on human learned and shared behavior, cultural technology and subsistence economy and pollution of Phewa Lake.Item A socio-economic and cultural study of Satar community of Nepal (A case study of Surunga VDC, Jhapa)(Department of Rural Development, 2006) Shiwakoty, Khyam PrasadSatars are minority ethnic group among the various ethnic groups in Nepal. They contributed to Nepalese society being a member of Nepalese people. The present study focuses on socio-economic condition of Satars in Surunga VDC of Jhapa district. Their rituals and language are totally different near by other groups. The main objectives of this study was "to find out the socio-economic and cultural condition of Satar Community and their causes of backwardness". The study covers only Surunga VDC of Jhapa district. This study was based on primary data collected from the field. Secondary sources of data were also used. The Surunga VDC was the universe and selected household head and key informants were the respondents of this study. Simple random sampling was adopted for selecting households. For the primary data collection structured questionnaire, informal interviews from key informants, observation method and focus group discussion were applied. The study is descriptive and analytical in nature in which descriptive statics is applied for data analysis and is presented in table, bar diagram and charts. It is also presented in percent. The analysis of data is done manually. Sixty households of the universe of Satar community were sampled for the study. The Satar community lives in the entire length of Terai, mainly in Jhapa, Morang and Sunsari district of eastern Nepal. They are educationally very back. The average literacy rate of the Satar is 29.7 percent (CBS: 2001). The study shows that 80 percent of the sampled population is illiterate and 20 percent of the population is literate which indicates lack of educational awareness in Satars. Mostly they are landless people, 66.66 percent of the Satar people are landless and non of them have more than 30 Kattha of land. They depend upon wage labour in farm for their livelihood. Their annual income is very low. They cannot fulfill their demand of their daily life. Their total annual expenditure is greater than their annual income and they are indebted in loan. Their main occupation is agriculture especially animal husbandry. 79.33 percent of people are settled in "Jhupadi" (Hut). The people who are living in huts are absolutely poor. 85 percent of the people have taken loan from money lenders with arbitrary interest rate. They are obligated to take loan from moneylenders because most of them do not have citizenship of Nepal. Nuclear family structure are higher than others and new generation are also practicizing Nuclear family. The present study shows, 83.33 percent of people are Hindus and 16.66 percent of people are Christian. At past, they all were Hindu. Due to the lack of technological knowledge and education, they cannot adopt modern means of facilities which are adopted by other communities landlessness, illiteracy is combination with the lack of technological innovation which brings Satars into the condition of backwardness. Backwardness is both the ends and means of poverty because it creates poverty.