HENRY

The Ethnographic Database Project (EDP) is web-based tool for the collection of comparative ethnographic data, for the purpose of cross-cultural analysis of human culture and behaviour. The EDP allows anthropologists to enter data about their field research using a set of standard codes developed for cross-cultural application.

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. Thanks to its web-based interface, the EDP can be easily distributed to anthropologists in any country.

Visit the EDP website at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucsalfo/EDP/ to read more about this project, and to find out how to contribute.

Posted on February 13th, 2007 by Simon Greenhill