Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland

The Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland) (founded 1871, abbreviation RAI ) is the oldest anthropological society in the world.

Fellowship

The members of the Institute are direct descendants of the founding members of the Ethnological Society of London ( London Ethnological Society), which formed a Absplitterungsgruppe the Aborigines ' Protection Society in February 1843, which founded in 1837 by the Quaker campaign in the early 19th century against the African slave trade had been.

The new company should be "a center and depository for the collection and systematization of all observations made ​​on human races".

Almost from the beginning, the members of racial questions were divided, and 1863-1870, there were two organizations, the Ethnological Society ( Ethnological Society) and the Anthropological Society ( Anthropological Society ).

The Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1871 ) was the result of a merger of the two rival bodies.

The permit for the addition of the word "Royal" (Royal ) was issued in 1907.

The sub- elements in the area of ​​interest of the Institute have established their own organization, but the Institute provides a forum for " anthropology as a whole ", it includes social anthropology, biological anthropology and the study of material culture.

The members should have an academic or professional activity within the social sciences, and amateurs are welcome. The members are elected by the Council ( Council ) of the RAI.

Notes and Queries on Anthropology

The first issue of published by the Institute Notes and Queries on Anthropology appeared in 1874 with the subtitle "For the use of travelers and residents in uncivilized lands". Further editions appeared in 1892, 1899, 1912, 1929 and most recently in 1951.