Advancing SOF Cultural Engagement: The Malinowski Model for a Qualitative Approach

Abstract

The United States and its allies need to recognize the indications and warnings (I and W) of nascent threats far left of a problem and apply appropriate mitigation measures before they materialize into national or international crises. This monograph is especially useful for SOF such as intelligence analysts, civil affairs (CA), and military information support operations (MISO) personnel for whom the mission demands population centric analytical skills and in-depth understanding of local social and cultural knowledge. Advancing SOF Cultural Engagement: The Malinowski Model for a Qualitative Approach can be of critical utility to operators who, over the course of a career, multiple deployments and assignments, will benefit from the transferable knowledge and skill-based competencies involved in a qualitative approach and methods advocated in this monograph.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1131212

Entities

People

  • Darby Arakelian
  • Robert R. Greene Sands

Organizations

  • Joint Special Operations University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cognition
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Distance Learning
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Families (Human)
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Population
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Military Science
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • Sociology
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies