Lost in translation : anthropologists and marines in Iraq and Afghanistan/ Paula Holmes Eber

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2020Subject(s): Online resources: In: Small Wars & Insurgencies: Vol. 31, No.2, March 2020 pp.340-358 (97)Summary: The article examines three key military domains where cultural experts and marines attempted to work together to understand the cultural factors at play in both Iraq and Afghanistan: first as interpreters or experts in pre-deployment language and culture training programs; secondly in theatre on the Human Terrain Teams; and third as cultural SMEs (experts) in military planning rooms.
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The article examines three key military domains where cultural experts and marines attempted to work together to understand the cultural factors at play in both Iraq and Afghanistan: first as interpreters or experts in pre-deployment language and culture training programs; secondly in theatre on the Human Terrain Teams; and third as cultural SMEs (experts) in military planning rooms.

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