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For over 75 years, the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) has promoted the understanding of cultural diversity and commonality in the past and present. As a small non-profit organization, HRAF produces scholarly resources and infrastructure for research, teaching and learning, and supports and conducts original research on cross-cultural variation.

In these tumultuous times, our commitment to understanding cultural diversity remains as steadfast as ever. Anthropology is perhaps the most diverse of disciplines; one dedicated not only to observing, but to explaining human behavior in all of its varieties. It also has the power and privilege to amplify voices of those who might not otherwise be heard.

Higher education – and the social sciences in particular – have come under increasing pressure in recent times. HRAF stands with our member institutions and librarians in our commitment to education and the pursuit of knowledge. We hope that you will join us in safeguarding and enriching access to cross-cultural, ethnographic and archaeological data.

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📚 The latest edition of the HRAF Academic Quarterly is now available!

The final issue of the Academic Quarterly for 2024 features cross-cultural research on hunter-gatherer locomotion; men’s contributions to marital dynamics; the association between cousin marriage and honor killings; and a critical overview of archaeological approaches to gender and social inequality. New research from HRAF anthropologists includes challenges of cataloging the world’s 7,000+ languages and cultural tightness and resilience against environmental shocks. In addition, HRAF researchers presented a series of papers at the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in November 2024. The HRAF panel, described below, focused on different kinds of exogenous forces such as war and climate and how they might affect cultural variation and change.

🌐 Read it here: https://hraf.yale.edu/hraf-academic-quarterly-vol-2024-04/

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