Announcing the new eHRAF World Cultures database (August 2022)
The Human Relations Area Files is pleased to announce that the latest version of our eHRAF World Cultures database will officially launch on August 15, 2022. What’s new? The new eHRAF World Cultures application offers…
Residence and Kinship – A New Topical Summary for Explaining Human Culture
A new topical summary on Residence and Kinship is now available in Explaining Human Culture, our open access database that summarizes the results of over 1,100 cross-cultural studies. This EHC summary is co-authored by HRAF President…
New publication: Local Knowledge and Practice in Disaster Relief
The HRAF research team announces a new publication based on data from their NSF-supported project investigating how natural hazards may have transformed culture. This paper, “Local Knowledge and Practice in Disaster Relief: A Worldwide Cross-Cultural…
Featuring eHRAF research in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology at University College Dublin
Students on University College Dublin‘s exciting new MSc/GradDip in Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology benefit from access to HRAF’s cross-cultural eHRAF World Cultures & eHRAF Archaeology databases, which enable searching ethnographic and archaeological data across a worldwide sample…
Celebrating the Vernal Equinox
The vernal equinox marks the beginning of Spring, representing the moment when the sun passes directly over the equator. This time of year is known for its many cultural and religious celebrations. For instance, Easter…
eHRAF Highlights

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…
Featured Global Scholar: Dominique Raby
HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Dominique Raby Title: Full Professor, Center…
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:…
Call for Society for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book Prize 2022
Submissions are now open for the 2022 Society for Anthropological…