A cross-cultural look at posture in eHRAF
By Francine Barone A recent article from NPR, Lost Posture: Why Indigenous Cultures Don’t Have Back Pain, prompted us to see what we could uncover in eHRAF World Cultures that would shed more light on…
Monthly Archives: June 2015
eHRAF Archaeology: Prehistoric Cultures of Peru
Check out what eHRAF Archaeology has on prehistoric cultures in Peru. Once you are logged on (contact HRAF at hraf@yale.edu for a temporary log-in) click BROWSE TRADITIONS then By Country and type in “Peru” in…
Do Indigenous Cultures have Back Pain? Use eHRAF World Cultures to find out
The recent NPR article titled “Lost Posture: Why Indigenous Cultures Don’t Have Back Pain,” is a good example of how HRAF’s cross-cultural databases, with information on traditional lifeways, can facilitate research of modern-day problems. However,…
HRAF at SUNYLA 2015 Conference at Purchase College in New York
It’s HRAF’s first time at a SUNYLA Conference and I am very excited to be here to meet with you in the next couple of days. You’ll find me at the vendor’s area where I’ll…