Welcome to our newest HRAF members 2025
As we reflect on 2025 and look forward to a new year, HRAF would like to extend a heartfelt welcome to our newest member institutions. We are especially pleased by the diversity and global reach…
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Home Truths: An Anthropology of House and Home
By Francine Barone Settlements are central to human development, making shelter, dwellings, and residence patterns necessary foci of investigation in both anthropology and archaeology. This article seeks to address a related and easily overlooked aspect…
Anthropologist Explores Shamanism in New Book
Manvir Singh is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Davis. Professor Singh is a cognitive and evolutionary anthropologist who regularly uses ethnographic data from eHRAF World Cultures in his research. A…
Human Relations Area Files at Yale University Celebrates 75th Anniversary
HRAF History In 1929, the Institute of Human Relations (IHR) was established at Yale University as an interdisciplinary center for cooperative research on problems of human welfare. In 1935, a small group of researchers under…
Featured HRAF Global Scholar: Karminn C.D. Daytec Yañgot
HRAF Global Scholar: Karminn C.D. Daytec Yañgot Title: Teaching Fellow in Anthropology University Affiliation: University of the Philippines Baguio Research Topic: Indigenous peoples in the Philippines Karminn C.D. Daytec Yañgot is a Teaching Fellow in…
Seeking Outreach Coordinator to Start July 2019
The Human Relations Area Files at Yale University, a member-supported anthropological organization, is seeking a full-time (or 30-hour a week) coordinator for outreach as well as design of educational and research materials to support faculty,…
Starting the fall semester with HRAF
With the fall semester upon us, now is a good time to update yourself with HRAF’s products and services. This post will recap our essential anthropology resources for students, faculty and researchers. Our Products The…
HRAF at Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference in Baltimore, MD (22-24 Mar 2017)
Dear Librarians, If you are attending the 2017 Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, please join me at the HRAF booth #1054 for an informative tour of HRAF’s award-winning online…
Mats and Basketry…one of over 700 OCM Subjects
In the eHRAF World Cultures and Archaeology databases you’ll find collected ethnographic and archaeological texts, subject indexed at the page and paragraph-level. The 3-digit subjects, also called OCMs, are based on the Outline of Cultural…
Citing from the eHRAF databases and HRAF home page
When citing a document from the eHRAF World Cultures or the eHRAF Archaeology database, please include both the original publication citation (if applicable) followed by information about where and when you found it. Evans-Pritchard, E.…