HRAF Global Scholar: Yidou Tang Title: Doctoral student University Affiliation: Renmin University of China Research Topic: Anthropology of education Yidou Tang is a doctoral student in anthropology at Renmin University of China with a focus…
On Friday, October 7, the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University hosted a celebration in honor of International Archaeology Day, the yearly event for archaeologists to celebrate the discipline and its contributions to society.…
HRAF Global Scholar: Raúl Lara Uriostegui Title: Master in Cognitive Sciences University Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEM), Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Cognitivas (CINCCO) Research Topic: Modern hunter gatherer societies, alloparenting, teaching-learning…
Our second NSF-supported Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research was held on the Yale University campus this summer. It was an intense and exciting three weeks for the instructors and the 12 participants that included…
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…
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…
“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…