Author Archives: Francine Barone

About Francine Barone

Director of Academic Development and Operations, Human Relations Area Files at Yale University

HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-02

HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-02 By Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture…

Think you know HRAF? Check out our podcast series on Choice’s ‘The Authority File’

Have you ever wondered how the Human Relations Area Files got its name? Or how we organized our ethnographic collections for members before the Internet? HRAF has partnered with Choice’s podcast The Authority File to…

Women, Gender and Power in eHRAF

By Francine Barone Every year, Forbes produces a list of the world’s most powerful women. At the top of the list for 2022 is the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen. She is followed…

HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-01

HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-01 Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture (EHC),…

Luck of the Irish: Folklore and fairies in Rural Ireland

By Francine Barone If the month of March has you seeing shamrocks, it might be a good time to brush up on your knowledge of Irish culture. The Rural Irish collection in eHRAF World Cultures…