Check out NAPA’s Kerry Fosher’s (MPAAC Ethics subcommittee) new discussion of ethics and anthropological identity in military organizations! Who counts?

Ethical Questions about Who Counts as an “Anthropologist” in Military Organizations
by Kerry Fosher

“When I first started working with the U.S. military in 2006, military organizations were desperate to hire anthropologists. Leaders in these organization had a very basic sense that anthropologists understood culture and could help their personnel interact with people in areas of operation, particularly Iraq and Afghanistan. Ethical questions about military anthropology have been extensively examined elsewhere. Here, I want to examine some ethical questions that have arisen for me in relation to anthropological identity—who counts as an anthropologist—in the U.S. military context…”