1st November 2013, 06:09 PM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:I am hoping that tomorrow's DF conference (where amongst others David and Chiz are speaking) will consider the questions of a) how to incentivise the type of diggers described by Dinosaur and b) how to effectively channel the enthusiasm of diggers who want to look beyond the limits of their 'ditch'. Whatever constraints there might be on archaeology as a profession it seems to me that training, professional development and career enhancement are issues we can do something about.....See you there?so let us make a distinction between diggers (who merely dig) and archaeologists (who do archaeology). archaeologists have qualifications, do cpd, log their skills and have them validated, produce written evidence that they know what they are talking about, are licenced and are paid more for their skills - than diggers. incentivise and the industry gains. demoralise and the industry will be left to those who only care about profit
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers