22nd February 2014, 10:54 AM
kevin wooldridge Wrote:It is a little sad that too many people appear to share that attitude.....but a degree of honesty is to be applauded. If more people were as honest it would save making excuses to deflect from the real reason they won't support the IfA...
I think you're being a little disingenuous there Kevin, implying that just because one person has a particular reason for not supporting the IfA, all others are being dishonest by not also giving that reason. There have been many valid reasons given here why people don't support it over the last few months, none of which appear to have been addressed or even acknowledged. It's disappointing that the most vociferous defenders of the IfA seem incapable of understanding that there may be other points of view about the profession, its practice and it's governance, and that people understand and experience archaeology in different ways. The IfA will always have a significant number of ardent detractors whilst this attitude continues, and rightly so. The sad thing is that I don't think many would disagree with the stated aims of the IfA, but there are obviously many of us who disagree with their outlook, understanding and methods.