Quick Start Guide for eHRAF World Cultures
We hope you are enjoying our new eHRAF World Cultures (beta) experience. To learn how to access the beta application, see this page. As a reminder, we will be officially launching the new design in…
We hope you are enjoying our new eHRAF World Cultures (beta) experience. To learn how to access the beta application, see this page. As a reminder, we will be officially launching the new design in…
Is romantic kissing a cultural universal? According to cross-cultural researchers, the answer, definitively, is no. While western societies often take for granted the notion that romantic partners express their desire for one another through kissing,…
HRAF Global Scholar: Sayema Khatun Title: Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology University Affiliation: Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh Research Topic: Policy Response to the Influx of Rohingya in Bangladesh Sayema Khatun is an Associate Professor in the Department…
HRAF Global Scholar: Ouattara Seydou Title: PhD Candidate in Sociology, Socioeconomics, Governance, and Development University Affiliation: Alassane Ouattara University, Côte d’Ivoire Research Topic: The Ivorian school: challenges and perspectives for a successful education system Ouattara…
Ian Skoggard, HRAF Research Anthropologist, has written the forward to an exciting new publication by Stephen Kidd, Senior Social Policy Specialist at Development Pathways. In Love and its Entanglements among the Enxet of Paraguay: Social…
Carol R. Ember and Ian Skoggard In many societies known to anthropology, people look to their gods for help and for explanations of unfortunate and traumatic events. Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski (1948) suggested that religion is…
We are pleased to report another successful Anthropology Day at HRAF. Staff members from the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University and anthropology students from the University of Connecticut met on Friday, February 19…
HRAF was pleased to attend several conferences and events this Spring, beginning with our own Anthropology Day virtual festivities at the end of February, which featured the UConn Stamford Anthropology Society, eHRAF projects from UConn…
HRAF is pleased to announce the recipients of the HRAF Global Scholars Program for 2021. This program provides scholars around the world with one year of complimentary access to our research databases, eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF…
HRAF is pleased to welcome two new team members, Sridhar Reddy Ravula and Aishwarya Kumar, who have joined us for our NSF-supported iKLEWS project. Sridhar, our development team leader, recently completed his Ph.D. in Data…