Unlike most exercises in Teaching eHRAF that focus on searching ethnographic texts, this exercise uses the Browse Cultures function and information from the culture summaries. The culture summaries contain short entries on the following categories: Types of Categories…
The intention of this assignment is to illustrate principles of scientific method by using the eHRAF World Cultures database at http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu to explore the relationship between diet and attitudes toward salt. We are all familiar…
DUE:__________________________, at the beginning of class The main goals of this exercise are: 1) to reinforce your knowledge about the fundamental concepts of research, 2) to get you to start thinking about the cross-cultural research…
Adapted from Teaching eHRAF Exercise Hide Working and Tanning Leather by Christiane Cunnar Download In-Class Activity PDF PowerPoint Summary In this exercise, you will compare methods, materials, and tools used by societies across the world…
View Online: Interactive Slideshow Download: Text Instructions | Slideshow Dr. Francine Barone | francine.barone@yale.edu Human Relations Area Files at Yale University Description Nascent Worlds is a build-your-own-culture learning activity. Designed with introductory socio-cultural anthropology classes…
Note by the editors: Dr. Huber uses this short paper assignment as extra credit. Goal: The goal of this project is to have you do a little research on the topic of marriage using eHRAF…
(Week 3 incorporates eHRAF World Cultures) Course Description Pig brains, coffee from digested cat feces, and deep-fried scorpion are all on the menu for our examination of food preferences, delicacies, taboos and other cultural engagements…
DUE:__________________________, at the beginning of class A project you will be working on in the future, Project #3 (see Anthropological Research Methods–Project #3: Group Poster Presentation), will have you analyze cross-cultural data using SPSS 10…
Adapted from Teaching eHRAF Exercise Hide Working and Tanning Leather by Christiane Cunnar Download In-Class Activity PDF PowerPoint Summary In this assignment, you will research strategies for working in skins in North America, and synthesize…
What is culture? Culture represents shared norms, values, ideas and patterns of learned behavior. Because culture is learned, it is both symbolic and ever-changing. It is also adaptive, which means it allows populations to respond…