WEBSITE- Ethnographic Database Project, Seeking Central Eurasian Contributions

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WEBSITE- Ethnographic Database Project, Seeking Central Eurasian Contributions

Posted by: Laura Fortunato <l.fortunato@ucl.ac.uk>

We are currently looking for researchers with fieldwork experience in
societies speaking Indo-European languages to take part in the
Ethnographic Database Project (EDP), as detailed below.

Ethnographic Database Project

The Ethnographic Database Project (EDP) is a web-based interface for
the standardisation of comparative ethnographic data. The EDP enables
anthropologists to enter information about their field research using
a set of standard codes developed for cross-cultural application; the
codes relate to a society's organization, kinship and marriage
practices, subsistence economy, and pattern of sexual division of
labor. The EDP is in the form of a web-based questionnaire, which can
be accessed from any computer connected to the internet.

The EDP aims to complement widely-used comparative ethnographic
datasets such as the Ethnographic Atlas and the Standard
Cross-Cultural Sample by: (i) obtaining data directly from
anthropologists who conducted field research in the societies of
interest, (ii) using standard codes developed for cross-cultural
application for all societies, (iii) expanding the range of societies
for which coded ethnographic data are available.

The first stage of the EDP includes societies speaking Indo-European
languages, which are underrepresented in the existing ethnographic
databases. We welcome contributions from researchers who have
conducted fieldwork in societies speaking these languages.

Visit the EDP website at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucsalfo/EDP to read
more about this project, to view a sample version of the EDP, and to
find out how to contribute. Please forward this link to anyone who may
be interested in this project!

Laura Fortunato
Department of Anthropology
University College London
14 Taviton Street
London WC1H 0BW, UK

tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 5463
email: l.fortunato@ucl.ac.uk

The Ethnographic Database Project
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucsalfo/EDP/

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