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