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…
HRAF Global Scholar: Dr. Dominique Raby Title: Full Professor, Center for Anthropological Studies University Affiliation: El Colegio de Michoacán, Mexico Research Topic: Gender, Violence and Indigenous Knowledge Dominique Raby received her Ph.D. from the Université…
“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…
Submissions are now open for the 2022 Society for Anthropological Sciences (SAS) Carol R. Ember Book Prize. This prize recognizes books whose significant theoretical, empirical, or methodological contributions to anthropology embody the mission of SAS…
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…
HRAF Global Scholar: Eric Nana Osei-Akoto Title: PhD candidate University Affiliation: Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology, Mission, and Culture Research Topic: Spirituality and Healthcare: An examination of the practice and use of Traditional Herbal Medicine by…
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…
HRAF Research Anthropologist Ian Skoggard attended the SAA 82nd Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah in March 2022. Continue reading for Ian’s report on the event and its highlights. The 82nd annual meeting of…
Comprehensive Modeling of Cultural Transformations in Response to Shocks and Hazards Associated with Climate The Human Relations Area Files, a research agency at Yale University, is seeking two full-time (or possibly up to four part-time)…
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University is pleased to announce a one-year internship in honor of Melvin Ember. Melvin Ember was President of HRAF from 1987 until his death in 2009. The…