HRAF Global Scholarship Winners
After the great success of the HRAF Global Scholarship competition that we first launched in 2018, we were delighted to continue the program for 2019. For 2019 the scholarship was opened to both individuals and…
Category Archives: eHRAF Highlights
New and Forthcoming Cultures and Traditions in eHRAF World Cultures & Archaeology (2019-2020)
A popular annual request from our members is for information about how we are growing our culture collections in our eHRAF databases. Below is a brief summary of what cultures and traditions we have added…
Marking the New Year around the world
As people throughout much of the Western world mark the end of another year by finalizing their New Year’s resolutions, it is a good time to reflect anthropologically on how others around the globe observe the…
Researchers Use eHRAF World Cultures to Demonstrate “Universality and Diversity in Human Song”
Does vocal music, or song, exist across all known human cultures? What behaviors are commonly associated with it? Do the musical features of a song predict the behavioral context in which it is performed? Samuel…
HRAF at Yale University attending 2019 AAA/CASCA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, November 20-24
Are you attending the joint meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) in Vancouver, BC, from November 20-24 2019? HRAF looks forward to seeing you there! President Carol R. Ember…
Gender – A New Topical Summary for Explaining Human Culture
A new topical summary on Gender is now available in Explaining Human Culture, our open access database that summarizes the results of over 1,000 cross-cultural studies. The gender module is co-authored by HRAF President Carol R. Ember, along with…
Remembering Lévi-Strauss and pre-digital HRAF collections: A conversation with Bernadette Bucher
Editor’s note: The following post contains contributions from Bernadette Bucher, Professor Emerita of Anthropology and Comparative Literature, Fordham University. The early history of the Human Relations Area Files from 1949 in North America is public…
Sexuality – A New Topical Summary for Explaining Human Culture
A new topical summary on Sexuality is now available in Explaining Human Culture, our open access database that summarizes the results of over 1,000 cross-cultural studies. The sexuality module is authored by HRAF President Carol…
Food Anthropology on Television: Ethnographic Culinary Adventures
Today, popular television shows featuring ethnographic culinary adventures bring food and film together for the enjoyment, entertainment, and enlightenment of foodies and anthropologists alike. While most of us do not have the opportunity to travel…
The Wild World of Cat Beliefs
Jeffrey Vadala Recently, genetic studies have shown that cats have lived as undomesticated alongside human societies for much longer than previously thought. This means that unlike dogs, whose DNA diverged when they were domesticated from…