For over 70 years, the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) has been fulfilling our mission to promote understanding of cultural diversity and commonality in the past and present. To accomplish this mission, HRAF produces scholarly…
HRAF is pleased to announce that our new tutorial videos on Explaining Human Culture (EHC) are making their debut on YouTube this month. The videos are ideal for scholars interested in using EHC for cross-cultural…
It’s 2021, and time for our annual news & notes recap and preview. This post will summarize our activities from the previous year, as well as what you can expect to see from HRAF over…
HRAF Global Scholar: Sandi James Title: PhD Candidate, Public Health and Social Policy University Affiliation: La Trobe University, Australia and Universiti Malaysia, Sabah Research Topic: Exploring Alcohol use in Sabah, Malaysia: Preliminary results from an ethnographic study…
This is a 3-part series. Go to Part 2: Teaching eHRAF: In-Class Activities for online learning Go to Part 3: Remote futures: tips for online teaching and learning in anthropology In the wake of the…
The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) at Yale University is pleased to announce a one-year internship in Melvin Ember’s name. Melvin Ember was President of HRAF from 1987 until his death in 2009. The intent…
In celebration of Anthropology Day 2020, the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University hosted the UConn Stamford Anthropology Society for a full day event in New Haven. This was the inaugural event for the…
A new topical summary on Art is now available in Explaining Human Culture, our open access database that summarizes the results of over 1,000 cross-cultural studies. The art module is co-authored by HRAF President Carol R. Ember,…
HRAF Global Scholar: Getnet Tibebu Alemayehu Title: PhD Candidate, Department of Foreign Languages and Literature University Affiliation: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Research Topic: Resistance and Representations in African Anglophone Novels: Language politics, magical realism and…
by Carol R. Ember, HRAF President We all grow up in a culture that to some degree tells us how to behave or how not to behave in different social situations. Our daily lives are…