6th June 2008, 09:43 PM
Professionalism is the mark or behaviour of a professional.
It is therefore worth looking at the definition of a professional here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional where you can find the following quote: "The above definitions were echoed by economist and sociologist Max Weber, who noted that professions are defined by the power to exclude and control admission to the profession, as well as by the development of a particular vocabulary specific to the occupation, and at least somewhat incomprehensible to outsiders."
So maybe there are no professional archaeologists (as just having aspirational standards, inaccessible writing and obscure jargon is apparently not enough)......discuss.
"don't panic!"
It is therefore worth looking at the definition of a professional here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional where you can find the following quote: "The above definitions were echoed by economist and sociologist Max Weber, who noted that professions are defined by the power to exclude and control admission to the profession, as well as by the development of a particular vocabulary specific to the occupation, and at least somewhat incomprehensible to outsiders."
So maybe there are no professional archaeologists (as just having aspirational standards, inaccessible writing and obscure jargon is apparently not enough)......discuss.
"don't panic!"