Category Archives: eHRAF Highlights

HRAF and UConn students celebrate Archaeology Day 2022

On Friday, October 7, the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University hosted a celebration in honor of International Archaeology Day, the yearly event for archaeologists to celebrate the discipline and its contributions to society.…

Featured Global Scholar: Raúl Lara Uriostegui

HRAF Global Scholar: Raúl Lara Uriostegui Title: Master in Cognitive Sciences University Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Cognitivas (CINCCO) Research Topic: Modern hunter gatherer societies, alloparenting, teaching-learning…

Recap of the Second HRAF Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research (July 18 to August 5, 2022)

Our second NSF-supported Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research was held on the Yale University campus this summer. It was an intense and exciting three weeks for the instructors and the 12 participants that included…

Featured Global Scholar: José Manuel Rodríguez Arce

HRAF Global Scholar: José Manuel Rodríguez Arce Title: Independent Researcher University Affiliation: University of Costa Rica Research Topic: Universality and diversity in human psychoactive drug use; Cross-cultural functions of hallucinogen ingestion José Manuel Rodríguez Arce is…

RAI 2022: Anthropology, AI and the Future of Human Society Conference Recap – June 6-11, 2022

“AI” has come to represent multiple causal drivers of change: amongst them artificial intelligence itself, space exploration, bio-tech and other emerging technologies. The implications for human society could hardly be more significant, and feed into…

Teaching a comparative approach with eHRAF research papers

The Comparative Approach in Anthropology In a blog titled Where Have All the Comparisons Gone?, originally published on the website for the Society For Cultural Anthropology, Robert Borofsky from the Center For A Public Anthropology…

Featured HRAF Global Scholar: Dagnachew Adefris Gebrehiwot

HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Dagnachew Adefris Gebrehiwot Title: Assistant Professor in English Literature, Department of English Language and Literature, College of Social Sciences and Humanities University Affiliation: Woldia University, Ethiopia Research Topic: Environmental politics and…