8th February 2007, 03:35 PM
I'm with m300572 on this one. Working at archaeology full time (and then some!) tends to make doing archaeology in the rest of my time somewhat less appealing. Having said that I have worked closely with a local community group doing paid work and also doing quite a bit of unpaid work too. I have to be very careful in the type of unpaid work I do in that I risk the ire of my employer who considers it a form of 'moonlighting'.
The community group has spent a huge sum on professional help over the past few years and has run out of money. I suspect that they feel I should continue my work with them unpaid. I partly feel that I should, but as a professional I know that unpaid work de-values the hard won position of professionals.
After a lot of thought I have come to the conclusion that the two 'camps' are fundamentally incompatible.
The community group has spent a huge sum on professional help over the past few years and has run out of money. I suspect that they feel I should continue my work with them unpaid. I partly feel that I should, but as a professional I know that unpaid work de-values the hard won position of professionals.
After a lot of thought I have come to the conclusion that the two 'camps' are fundamentally incompatible.