Anthropology and the military

Africom, ‘culture’ and future of Human Terrain Analysis (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

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ID9316640
AutoresRobert Albro (American University, autor correspondente)
Ano2010
Volume26
Fascículo1
Páginas22-24
Data de publicação2010-02-01
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropology Today (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8322.2010.00712.x
OpenAlexW4240653787
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas6

This article updates new developments in the evolution of the US Army's controversial Human Terrain System program (HTS). Building upon the recent report on the HTS program by the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the Security and Intelligence Communities, this article discusses how HTS‐type arrangements are becoming part of the US Department of Defense's (DoD's) newest Combatant Command for the continent of Africa, or AFRICOM. Of particular note is the way “human terrain” no longer refers simply to the HTS program, but has acquired expanded reference to describe a broader array of approaches to the leveraging of socio‐cultural knowledge within DoD. Most notably for AFRICOM, this includes moving beyond rapid assessment ethnography to incorporate cultural data into the predictive work of cultural modelling, as this informs the implementation both of counterinsurgency doctrine as well as military humanitarianism in Africa and elsewhere. This article explores the ethical, practical and cultural implications of such a turn

Combatant · Commission · Doctrine · Ethnography · Interoperability · Militarization · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrain · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Computer Science · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security

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