34.326, Summer Schools: Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research 2023 / USA

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Subject: 34.326, Summer Schools:  Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research 2023 / USA

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Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 22:19:29
From: Sean Roberts [RobertsS55 at cardiff.ac.uk]
Subject: Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research 2023 / USA

 Summer Institute for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research 2023

Host Institution: Yale University
Website: https://hraf.yale.edu/summer-institutes-for-cross-cultural-anthropological-research-2023/

Dates: 17-Aug-2023 - 04-Aug-2023
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Focus: The instruction at the Institute will cover all phases of regional and worldwide comparisons from project conception through statistical analysis that are consistent with scientific principles. Topics include:

-    The logic and types of comparisons (including collaborative projects), and the types of research questions asked by cross-cultural researchers;
-    Reviews of available data and databases (including a concordance of cross-cultural samples), as well as data management and design of coding materials;
-    How to derive testable hypotheses and design appropriate measures from specified theoretical principles;
-    Approaches to minimize random and systematic error, sampling strategies and issues of independence;
-    Introduction to a wide range of statistical approaches.
Minimum Education Level: MA


Special Qualifications:
We will consider applications from PhD candidates, post-docs, and faculty.


Description:
The National Science Foundation (NSF), in a grant to the Human Relations Area Files (BCS #2020156), is supporting three years of Summer Institutes for Cross-Cultural Anthropological Research. These Summer Institutes will train
faculty, researchers, and advanced graduate students in the theory and state-of-the art methods for conducting regional and worldwide comparative research. The aim is for these methods to be incorporated into educational courses and cross-cultural research using anthropological data. The third three-week Summer Institute will be held July 17 through August 4, 2023 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The program will include lectures, discussion, hands-on exercises and each participant will design and execute a pilot project during their time at an institute. The primary instructors are Carol
R. Ember (Human Relations Area Files at Yale University, USA), Fiona Jordan (University of Bristol, UK) and Séan Roberts (Cardiff University, UK). Tentatively, additional lectures will be delivered by Damian Blasi, Alexandra Brewis Slade, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Jeremy Koster, Eleanor Power, and Amber Wutich.


Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                      Computational Linguistics
                      Genetic Classification
                      Historical Linguistics

Tuition: 0 USD

Tuition Explanation: Participants will be reimbursed for all or most of their economy travel to and from the Institute and they will receive free room and board (probably on the Yale University campus) during the term of the Institute.


Financial Aid: Applications accepted until 15-Feb-2023
Participants will be reimbursed for all or most of their economy travel to and from the Institute and they will receive free room and board (probably on the Yale University campus) during the term of the Institute.

Financial Aid Instructions:
See website


Registration: 17-Jan-2023 to 15-Feb-2023

Contact Person: Sean Roberts
                Email: RobertsS55 at cardiff.ac.uk


Registration Instructions:
See website



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