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anthropologist should, or better must, be involved in UN-CIMIC activities as analyst at strategic
and operational levels and .as a trainer before the mission and as an advisor during it.
Finally, in contexts of complex emergencies, civilians and military operators ˗ if they are already on
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the field ˗ share the same operating space but not the same mandate : the role of the anthropologist,
in this last case is to understand the different settings and to facilitate the interaction/coordination
between humanitarian organizations and military actors. In fact, the coexistence between them, the
mutual understanding and a shared exchange of information are all crucial at every single step of
the mission in order to succed in UN Integrated Peacekeeping missions.

References

· De Pauw, John W., and George A. Luz, 1992. Winning the Peace: The Strategic
Implications of Military Civic Action. New York, NY: Praeger Publishers.
· Mersmann M., 2011. “Civil-Military Cooperation in Humanitarian Assistance: Integrated
Missions as a “Best Practice” in UN Response”, Humanitarian Assistance in Complex
Emergencies, University of Denver.
· UN OCHA, UN-CMCoord, Guide for the Military 2.0, 101 Series, www.dialoguing.org
[12.05.2018]
· WHO, 2002. Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide.

Written by:

Prof. Dr. Desirée PANGERC

Prof. Dr. Desirée Pangerc is an Italian applied anthropologist who works in different Universities
both in Italy and abroad. She has a degree in International Diplomatic Sciences (University of
Trieste) and a Ph.D. in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity (University of Bergamo).
She carried on her two-year fieldwork in Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving the Italian Embassy in
Sarajevo. She is Ordinary Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and
Ireland and Full Member of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. Her main
research topics are applied anthropology to security and social defense and illegal migrations. She
is also Officer of the Selected Reserve of the Italian Army.

Prof. Dr. in Anthropology of Development in emerging countries
and in post-conflict areas (CIELS University Campus - Padua, Milan)
Ordinary Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of
Great Britain and Ireland (United Kingdom)
Full Member of the European Association of Social Anthropology
Ph.D. in Anthropology and Epistemology of Complexity
Applied Anthropologist, Anthropologist of Security and
Programme Officer

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UN OCHA, UN-CMCoord, Guide for the Military 2.0, Series, www.dialoguing.org [12.05.2018].

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