Ethnographic Fieldwork Ethnographic fieldwork is how anthropologists gather data. Fieldwork is the process of immersing oneself in as many aspects of the daily cultural lives of people as possible in order to study their behaviors…
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University is pleased to announce a one-year internship in honor of Melvin Ember. Melvin Ember was President of HRAF from 1987 until his passing in 2009. The intent of…
By Francine Barone Welcome to our 10th annual HRAF Year in Review, which will once again summarize news from the previous year as well as describe what you can expect to see from HRAF over…
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-04 By Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture…
Culture collections in the eHRAF databases are updated up to several times a year. Below is a brief summary of what cultures and traditions we have added or updated in eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF…
HRAF is excited to announce a new feature in eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology. Author profiles have been added to the eHRAF databases. What are author profiles? The author profiles consist of biographical information…
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-03 By Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture…
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-02 By Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture…
With the support of the National Science Foundation (BCS #2020156), HRAF held three years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research from 2021-2023. In total, these Summer Institutes trained 44 faculty, researchers, and advanced…
HRAF Academic Quarterly, Vol 2025-01 Francine Barone This summary features some of the exciting research accomplished using HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well as Explaining Human Culture (EHC),…