Category Archives: Feature

Remembering Lévi-Strauss and pre-digital HRAF: 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. This is a copy of an article written by Francine Barone in 2019. The early history…

Featured HRAF Global Scholar: Grace Marceline Kumah

HRAF Global Scholar: Grace Marceline Kumah Title: Course Representative  University Affiliation: University of Education, Winneba, Ghana Research Topic: Family Life Management Education HRAF Global Scholar Grace Marceline Kumah is a student in Family Life Management…

HRAF 75th Anniversary Retrospective

The Human Relations Area Files at Yale University has enjoyed a wonderful year in celebration of HRAF’s 75th Anniversary. On February 26, 1949, delegates from Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Oklahoma,…

Investigating Near-Death Experiences With eHRAF World Cultures

By Michael Kimball Professor, Department of Anthropology College of Humanities & Social Sciences University of Northern Colorado In 2016, as I was writing my interdisciplinary cultural anthropology textbook, Ethnowise, I needed ethnographic snippets to enhance…

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…

HRAF to host Anthropology Day 2025 celebration

The American Anthropological Association is officially celebrating Anthropology Day on February 20, 2025. Anthropology Day is a day for anthropologists to celebrate our discipline while sharing it with the world around us. On Friday, February 21, the Human…