HOLMES-EBER Paula

Lost in translation : anthropologists and marines in Iraq and Afghanistan/ Paula Holmes Eber - 2020

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.


ANTHROPOLOGY -- MILITARY
AFGHANISTAN -- WAR
MILITARY PLANNING
IRAQ -- WAR
MILITARY -- CULTURE
MARINE CORPS