Anthropology in War and Conflict

Anthropology has been intertwined with war and state affairs from its birth as a discipline during the British colonial period in the Nineteenth Century to the earlier times of ancient Greek historian Herodotus (485-425BCE) and the armies of Alexander the Great. In all of these historic examples information was collected from peoples and cultures and delivered to governments who used it thereafter to guide political relationships, policy, and governance.


Explore how the timeless resurgence of this relationship transpired in the course of World War Two and the post-WWII reconstruction era, during the insurgencies of the Vietnam and Indochina conflicts era, and recently in allied counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.


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Incorporating Culture Into Joint Intelligence Contemporary theatres of operation, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, have delineated the requirement for a reformation in intelligence focus that incorporates socio-cultural knowledge to meet the challenges presented by changing adversaries and operating environments. Although the military has become intimately familiar with the integral importance of cultural knowledge to current operations, there is limited depth thereafter to understand what socio-cultural knowledge is, how it is developed, and where it can be applied. The aim of this project is to implement concepts, theories, and methodologies unique to the academic discipline of socio-cultural anthropology to define a Cultural Intelligence discipline that can support contemporary military operations such as peacebuilding, nationbuilding, and counterinsurgency, by closing the cultural knowledge gap. READ MORE...../research.html../research.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0

What is Cultural Intelligence?

CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE (CULINT) - an intelligence discipline which analyses cultural knowledge to assess or interpret how it impacts, influences, and affects the operating environment, adversary, and operational planning considerations.


ETHNOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE (ETHINT) - an intelligence collection discipline which produces socio-cultural knowledge through the use of specialized ethnographic collection methodologies and analytical processes that are guided by anthropological concepts.


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Promoting research on the impact of culture in conflict and counterinsurgency

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TAG LINE: Cultural Intelligence (CULINT); Ethnographic Intelligence (ETHINT); Anthropological Intelligence; Integrating Culture into Joint Intelligence; Intelligence Preparation of the Operating Environment (IPOE); Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield (IPB);  Human Terrain; Navigating Human Terrain; The Missing Field Manual; Culture and Counterinsurgency; COIN; COIN and Culture; FM 3-24 Counterinsurgency Manual; Culture and Conflict Studies; White SA; White Situational Awareness; Red SA; Pink SA; Human Terrain System; Joint Task Force Afghanistan; Task Force Kandahar; International Security Assistance Force (ISAF); Tribal Dynamics in Afghanistan; Tribal Mapping; Tribal Dispute; Afghanistan; Kandahar Province; Pashtun; Pashto; Pashtunwali; Tajik; Uzbek; Hazara; Dari; Ethnolinguistic Groups in Afghanistan; Afghan Culture and Society; Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan; Anthropology in War and Conflict; Street Smart IPB; Human Intelligence (HUMINT); Counter Intelligence (CI); Signals Intelligence (SIGINT); Communications Intelligence (COMINT); Imagery Intelligence (IMINT); UAV; ISTAR; ISR; Peacebuilding; Nationbuilding; Peace Support Operations; Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW); Human Security; Alexei Gavriel; Alexei JD Gavriel. FM 3-24 emphasizes the importance of the ‘human terrain’; but what is this ‘human terrain’ and how do we operate in it?  This project seeks fill this knowledge gap by defining what the Human Terrain is, what elements of it matter, and arm soldiers, analysts, and commanders alike with the proper terminology to describe the operating environment around them.

                                                                   

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