15th August 2011, 12:38 PM
Quote:Although I understand the general negativity towards the IfA I don't personally have any issues with them (which I guess makes me out of place here much of the time). I think they've had a bad rep in the past but do seem to have nothing but the good of the profession at heart - perhaps they go about it in a rather bureaucratic way sometimes but at least they're trying to DO something. I'll be getting as involved as I possibly can with the ISSIG.
I think you may not be as out of place as you think.
there are some that just plain don't like the IfA - others who love it with an strange passion, many people appreciate the need for it, and what it has tried to do, it is often the glacial pace of change and the perception ( right or wrong ) that it is a management club out only to increase membership and increasingly out of touch with the majority of field archaeologists.
We are where we are, and as many people say or hint at, we are all equally responsible for where that it is.
Imagine what would be possible if IfA and BAJR worked together where there was overlap? oooh there is a thought. :face-approve: