Qualitative Analysis of Participatory Rural Appraisal and Rapid Rural Appraisal Responses: In Special reference to Tribal tradition ‘Moutana’ in TSP area of Udaipur district Rajasthan

Abstract

Tribal being the important segment of the whole population is also well known for their unique lifestyles, traditional practices and forest based civilization. Tribal individuals represent unique characteristics and wonderful skills which make them the ambassadors of traditional and ancient wisdom practices. With the constant government efforts they are connected with the mainstream. This very promising picture has some dark aspects also. Some traditions have now transformed onto the vicious medium of social evil. One of such peculiar tribal tradition is mautana which is prevalent in the TSP area of the southern Rajasthan. The study was aimed at understanding the psychosocial impact of tribal tradition Mautana among rapid rural appraisal and participatory rural appraisal responses by qualitative analysis methodology. Snowball sampling method was used to find out the hidden population of families affected by mautana and who were migrated to the other places. Qualitative analysis method using Dialogical narrative analysis was done to compare the Rapid Rural Appraisal and Participatory Rural Appraisal. Analysis of PRA and RRA responses indicates that there is a major discrepancy among both types of responses.