What can artificial intelligence and machine learning contribute to anthropology, the most human of disciplines? Ethnography combines elements of science and humanities, with ethnographic writing mediating exposition and science. Data science techniques such as Natural…
HRAF is pleased to announce the recipients of the HRAF Global Scholars Program for 2024. This program provides scholars around the world with one year of complimentary access to our research databases, eHRAF World Cultures…
By Francine Barone There are few signifiers of culture more potent and recognizable than food. Nourishment and cultural identity share a deep-seated connection. Food, and especially our preferences for preparing, cooking and eating it, are…
HRAF Academic Quarterly Vol 2023-01 By Francine Barone This summary will share some of the exciting work being done by researchers with HRAF data from the eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology databases as well…
By Francine Barone 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…
By Francine Barone The Human Relations Area Files is pleased to announce that the latest version of our eHRAF World Cultures database officially launched on August 15, 2022. What’s new? The new eHRAF World Cultures…
By Francine Barone After several years of development and months of beta testing, the new look for our eHRAF World Cultures database is scheduled to launch in Fall 2022. The official public rollout will begin…
In the third post in our series dedicated to online learning, we explored how the dynamics of classroom teaching everywhere are changing due to temporary campus closures. For instructors grappling with compiling work-from-home-friendly syllabi in…
By Francine Barone A few years ago, HRAF posted a story titled Burning questions: evidence for off-site fire use by hunter-gatherers in eHRAF Archaeology, which was written in follow up to the publication of a…
By Francine Barone 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…