Civil Affairs Language for Informing Cultural Operations (CALICO)
Abstract
The report presents the results of content analysis of a corpus of documents from humanitarian and disaster relief (HA/DR) agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) active in Africa. The research was aimed at discovering what the corpus of HA/DR and NGO documents revealed about the sociocultural information required to support effective interventions to ameliorate the human consequences of disruption and to enhance the effectiveness of indigenous governance. The report details the selection of the corpus and content analysis of the corpus. It provides a taxonomy of relief activities and of the beneficiaries of those activities. Analysis of the corpus of reports of HA/DR agencies and NGOs suggests that those organizations focus on higher-level administrative functions, in particular, on those functions intended to facilitate and assist local and host nation governments in providing aid. To the extent that sociocultural factors and actions important to on-the-ground operations are important, the corpus reflects a strong bias toward economic variables.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA581142
Entities
People
- Lawrence A. Kuznar
- Rick Myskey
- Tiffany Hill