A Cross-Cultural Study of Violence,
by Nicola Tannenbaum,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
Part III: eHRAF Assignments
Assignments are due in class on date assigned. Late assignments will not be accepted.
eHRAF #1. Meet the eHRAF World Cultures database; due in class Sept. 7 .
How to find
the eHRAF database at Lehigh University's digital
library.
On the Lehigh home page, click on libraries.
Click on electronic resources, click databases
(you will have to logon with your account number and
password). Either
scroll down or click on “G-L” to find the Human
Relations Area Files (eHRAF) and click on the title.
Once in the database, click on Help for
explanations of OCM and OWC codes.
Answer the following questions:
1. What does OWC stand for? Where can it be found? What is it used for? List one OWC code and explain how to read it.
2. What does OCM stand for? Where can it be found? What is it used for? List one of the OCM codes and describe its contents.
eHRAF #2. OCM categories relating to violence (e.g., feud, warfare); finding cultures with ethnographic information on violence. Due Sept. 26 in class.
Explore how the OCM subjects and their codes are organized in the eHRAF World Cultures database. Click on Browse, then on Subjects. There you will find the A-Z Index as default screen. You can also find a list of all the available OCM categories when you click on Major Subjects.Finding OCM subjects/codes in Browse in the eHRAF World Cultures database
Due to eHRAF's unique indexing and search system, HRAF recommends that students view the User Guide at http://www.yale.edu/hraf/userguides.html for search methodology and examples. The User Guide and an online tutorial can also be found in the left-hand margin of the eHRAF databases.
eHRAF #3. Violence: Forming a hypothesis; searching for ethnographic data using the OCM subjects/codes. Due Oct. 5 in class.
Restate your hypothesis (first formulated in your essay, see part I, Syllabus) on causes of violence and list the appropriate OCM subject codes for investigating your hypothesis. In the eHRAF database search the ethnographic data using the OCM subjects/codes that are relevant to violence. Find four cultures with ethnographic information on causes of violence, thus supporting your hypothesis.
eHRAF #4. Violence: Evaluating ethnographic data. Due Oct. 12 in class.
In the eHRAF database select one ethnography of a culture out of the four from the last assignment (see eHRAF #3). Turn in the background information and methods from the Ethnographic Outline.eHRAF #5. Revising & testing your hypothesis: OCM subjects/codes & cultures. Due Nov. 16.
Take your revised hypothesis on causes of violence (see eHRAF #3): what are the relevant OCM subjects/cods for testing your hypothesis? Search the eHRAF database for the OCM subjects/codes and then select 15 possible cultures to test your hypothesis.eHRAF #6. Data collection: examples and coding. Due Nov. 21.
Check your hypothesis for five cultures. Record the information that is relevant to your hypothesis including the OCM subjects/codes and the source.eHRAF #7. Collecting data and testing your hypothesis. Due Dec. 3.
Sampling, coding information. You need to turn in your coding sheet and the data on 15 cultures (see eHRAF #5). Is your hypothesis supported? Include the OCM subjecs/codes.URL Index for A
Cross-Cultural Study of Violence
Part I: Syllabus--Assignments and Topics: http://www.yale.edu/hraf/Violence_Cross-Cultures1.htm.
Part II: Ethnographic Outline: http://www.yale.edu/hraf/Violence_Cross-Cultures2.htm.
Part III: eHRAF Assignments: http://www.yale.edu/hraf/Violence_Cross-Cultures3.htm.
eHRAF World Cultures database: http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu.
View the eHRAF User's Guide at http://www.yale.edu/hraf/userguides.html
on how to use the database.
Citing eHRAF documents:
You should include a standard bibliographic reference
for the material, i.e.
Appadurai, Arjun
1996 Modernity at
Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Don't forget to include page numbers when citing material in the text! You should also include the basic retrieval statement for an on-line database: Retrieved [month day, year,] from [source] on-line database ([name of database], [item no.--if applicable]).