2nd February 2005, 07:59 PM
The point of the IFA is the same as all the other "true" professional bodies... errr... can I phone a friend?
. Registration is their main function, I guess, with associated powers of discipline and regulation, and codes of conduct, guidance notes maintenance of professional standards, promotion of the profession and, in this case archaeology, special awards for serving the body for 25 years...... Seriously, some are more effective than others, and most don't seem to be very popular with their membership.
Second - none whatsoever IMHO. Who said there was?
My feeling is that the public believe that heritage is far safer in our hands than it really is. The archaeologist seems to be regardrded very highly, thanks I suspect to TV (and the odd adventure film)
. Registration is their main function, I guess, with associated powers of discipline and regulation, and codes of conduct, guidance notes maintenance of professional standards, promotion of the profession and, in this case archaeology, special awards for serving the body for 25 years...... Seriously, some are more effective than others, and most don't seem to be very popular with their membership. Second - none whatsoever IMHO. Who said there was?
My feeling is that the public believe that heritage is far safer in our hands than it really is. The archaeologist seems to be regardrded very highly, thanks I suspect to TV (and the odd adventure film)