Sociocultural-Geospatial Anthropological Portal (SC-GAP): enhancing sociocultural understanding through crowdsourced service member narratives

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dc.contributor.advisorJaye, Michael
dc.contributor.advisorTsolis, Kristen
dc.contributor.authorAschenbrenner, Mark
dc.contributor.authorKoo, Jason D.
dc.contributor.authorToshner, Daniel J.
dc.contributor.departmentDefense Analysis (DA)
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-05T23:05:10Z
dc.date.available2015-08-05T23:05:10Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractDespite the Department of Defense’s (DOD) investment in programs designed to advance sociocultural knowledge, the DOD lacks a shared repository through which all entities can aggregate, visualize, and share sociocultural data across the enterprise. A gap analysis of DOD’s desired and actual ability to achieve a sociocultural understanding reveals three shortcomings: data, repository, and collaboration. Therefore, we created a proof of concept that bridges the sociocultural gap by harnessing the overlooked potential of deployed service members and their cross-cultural experiences. Service member observations form an untapped resource of sociocultural data; this existing wellspring of sociocultural information needs to be collected and indexed using a common framework. Residing in a geodatabase and interfaced via a crowdsourced Geographic Information System (GIS), this framework aggregates the collected data of service member narratives for the greater Joint Force, thereby creating a dynamic and collaborative living repository. Combining an anthropologically sound and operationally relevant framework with the capabilities of GIS results in a solution that will allow DOD personnel to populate, visualize, and share near-real-time cultural data relevant to military operations across all services. This DOD enterprise solution can enhance the nation’s armed forces’ strategic performance through the application of culturally adept military power.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceSergeant First Class, United States Armyen_US
dc.description.serviceMajor, United States Armyen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/socioculturalgeo1094545806
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/45806
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDefense Analysis (DA) Capstone Projects
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorDepartment of Defenseen_US
dc.subject.authorsocioculturalen_US
dc.subject.authorgeospatialen_US
dc.subject.authoranthropologicalen_US
dc.subject.authorcultureen_US
dc.subject.authoroperational environmenten_US
dc.subject.authorrepositoryen_US
dc.subject.authornarrativeen_US
dc.subject.authorstoryen_US
dc.subject.authorcrowdsourceen_US
dc.subject.authorpopulationen_US
dc.subject.authorhuman terrainen_US
dc.subject.authorhuman geographyen_US
dc.subject.authordecision makingen_US
dc.subject.authorintelligenceen_US
dc.subject.authorstrategic performanceen_US
dc.subject.authorhuman domainen_US
dc.titleSociocultural-Geospatial Anthropological Portal (SC-GAP): enhancing sociocultural understanding through crowdsourced service member narrativesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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etd.thesisdegree.disciplineDefense Analysisen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Defense Analysisen_US
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