[Bilimsel Haber] 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 at 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 at ucl.ac.uk

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



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