制图学描述了凯瑟琳·希法尼2011年作为美国特种部队反恐顾问在伊拉克的经历。这是一个关于一名妇女用可疑的翻译、不存在的指导和不明确的目的绘制伊拉克无名土地的故事。这是一个同性恋女性在军队“不问不说”政策下服役的故事，她意识到她期待已久的政策废除被敌对环境所掩盖，因此保持秘密比以往任何时候都更为关键。
地图学的核心是希法尼对伊拉克地形和美国男性特种部队文化的理解，她曾是同性恋女性和空军成员。她的回忆录探讨了在担任顾问期间，她在执行分配给她的任务时，缺乏训练和装备的危险，以及在这种非正规作战环境中，她的性别造成的一些独特情况——好的和坏的。希法尼的部署是一次探索、观察和航行完全陌生的陆地的演习。
Cartography: Navigating a Year in Iraq
Cartography describes Katherine Schifani’s time deployed in Iraq as a counterterrorism advisor with U.S. Special Forces in 2011. It is the story of one woman mapping the terra incognita of Iraq with questionable interpreters, nonexistent guidance, and an unclear purpose. It’s the story of a gay woman serving under the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy who realizes that the policy repeal she has long awaited is so overshadowed by a hostile environment that remaining closeted is more critical than ever.
At the heart of Cartography is Schifani’s quest to understand the Iraqi landscape and the Special Forces culture of American men she worked alongside as a gay woman and a member of the air force. Her memoir examines both the perils of being undertrained and underequipped to perform the job assigned to her in her role as an advisor and some of the unique situations—good and bad—her gender created in such an irregular combat environment. Schifani’s deployment was an exercise in exploration, observation, and navigating a wholly foreign land.
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