conference paper

Echo Warfare: The Strategic Appropriation of Intangible Heritage

Alnabet S.

Publication year: 2025
Source / journal: proceedings - winter simulation conference
Country of origin: Qatar
Language: English
Authors’ affiliations: Multidimensional Warfare Training Center, Experimentation Division, Doha, Qatar
Academic discipline: Military Influence & Security Doctrine; Cognitive & Behavioral Sciences; Media, Communication & Discourse Studies; Network Science (SNA / ONA); Human–Machine & Algorithmic Mediation; Ethics, Law & Normative Frameworks
Contribution type: Methodological; Theoretical
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Abstract

This paper introduces Echo Warfare, a novel non-kinetic doctrine that strategically targets intangible cultural heritage through systematic replication, appropriation, and institutional rebranding. Unlike traditional psychological or cognitive warfare, Echo Warfare aims for the intergenerational erosion of cultural identity and memory infrastructure. While current international legal frameworks inadequately address such systematic cultural appropriation, this paper advances discourse by implementing a Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN) simulation to model how cultural anchors degrade under sustained echo feedback. The simulation reveals threshold effects, legitimacy dynamics, and population-level vulnerabilities, offering a predictive modeling tool for identifying intervention thresholds and patterns of vulnerability. The study concludes with legal, educational, and simulation-based policy recommendations to mitigate the long-term effects of Echo Warfare. © 2025 IEEE.

Author keywords

laws and legislation; population statistics; 'current; cultural identity; cultural memory; dynamic bayesian networks; dynamic levels; intangible cultural heritages; legal frameworks; network simulation; re-branding; threshold effect; bayesian networks

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