Paula Holmes-Eber
Biographic Data
| ID | 250831 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paula Holmes-Eber |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paula |
| FAMILY NAME | Holmes-Eber |
| SIGNATURE | HOLMES-EBER P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Warriors or Peacekeepers?
Lost in translation
Drawing upon ethnographic data gathered over a six year period, this paper illustrates how the contrasting worldviews of US Marines and anthropologists frequently led to misunderstandings, frustrations, and garbled interpretations as the two struggled to work together to help resolve conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I examine three key military domains where cultural experts and Marines attempted to work together to understand the cultural fact…
U.S. Marines’ Attitudes Regarding Cross-Cultural Capabilities in Military Operations
Cross-cultural competence not only emphasizes building specific skill sets such as language proficiency or negotiation skills, but also on changing the military's attitudes to other cultures by emphasizing the value and importance of cultural skills for successful military operations. In contrast to developing cultural skills, the task of shifting cultural attitudes is a far more complex process. Using empirical data from a survey of 2,406 Marine…
Migration, Urbanization, and Women's Kin Networks in Tunis
The perception that Tunisia's pro-Western development and policies are inevitably linked to a shift toward a Euro-American model of the isolated nuclear family continues to dominate most contemporary research on women and the family in Tunisia. Using ethnographic data collected during a one year field study and survey ( 1986-7) and a follow-up field study (summer 1993) of migrant and non-migrant Muslim women and their families in the capital city…
Migration, Urbanization, and Women's Kin Networks in Tunis
The perception that Tunisia's pro-Western development and policies are inevitably linked to a shift toward a Euro-American model of the isolated nuclear family continues to dominate most contemporary research on women and the family in Tunisia. Using ethnographic data collected during a one year field study and survey ( 1986-7) and a follow-up field study (summer 1993) of migrant and non-migrant Muslim women and their families in the capital city…
Lost in translation
Drawing upon ethnographic data gathered over a six year period, this paper illustrates how the contrasting worldviews of US Marines and anthropologists frequently led to misunderstandings, frustrations, and garbled interpretations as the two struggled to work together to help resolve conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I examine three key military domains where cultural experts and Marines attempted to work together to understand the cultural fact…
Migration, Urbanization, and Women's Kin Networks in Tunis
The perception that Tunisia's pro-Western development and policies are inevitably linked to a shift toward a Euro-American model of the isolated nuclear family continues to dominate most contemporary research on women and the family in Tunisia. Using ethnographic data collected during a one year field study and survey ( 1986-7) and a follow-up field study (summer 1993) of migrant and non-migrant Muslim women and their families in the capital city…
U.S. Marines’ Attitudes Regarding Cross-Cultural Capabilities in Military Operations
Cross-cultural competence not only emphasizes building specific skill sets such as language proficiency or negotiation skills, but also on changing the military's attitudes to other cultures by emphasizing the value and importance of cultural skills for successful military operations. In contrast to developing cultural skills, the task of shifting cultural attitudes is a far more complex process. Using empirical data from a survey of 2,406 Marine…
Warriors or Peacekeepers?
Lost in translation
Drawing upon ethnographic data gathered over a six year period, this paper illustrates how the contrasting worldviews of US Marines and anthropologists frequently led to misunderstandings, frustrations, and garbled interpretations as the two struggled to work together to help resolve conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. I examine three key military domains where cultural experts and Marines attempted to work together to understand the cultural fact…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works) · Military personnel (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Software deployment (2 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work)