Tag: Human Terrain System

Why Sufi Muslims could be our most valuable allies in the fight against extremism

by timbatchelder, posted in Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management
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Why Sufi Muslims, for centuries the most ferocious soldiers of Islam, could be our most valuable allies in the fight against extremism – The Boston Globe.

Interesting article that shows the value of understanding ethnography and underlying spiritual traditions in the fight against terrorism. We incorrectly classify all muslims as terrorists.

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Human terrain teams changing military tactics

by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Data Governance, Digital health, Knowledge Management, Security & Privacy

 


I’ve found it interesting following the implementation of  “soft war” techniques by the US military after the failure of conventional, top down approaches to the currently culture driven conflicts. The human terrain teams now being  implemented, including understanding the culture of these locations thru ethnographic methods is proving to be quite effective. Likewise the now defunct Department of Information may be resurrected as the military realizes it needs to embrace new methods of communication and information gathering or “information warfare.”

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