14th October 2008, 01:10 AM
Cheers, Oldgirl.
Hmmmm, having a look at the updated handbook, shockingly I could apply for a higher membership level than I thought, guess all that stress had to pay off somewhere, nice. Although the £100+ a year price tag a year isn't too appealing. I can see the benefit in commercial archaeology, as the corporate levels reward the hard work and dedication taken to achieve these postnomials, and the increasing requirement for having this recognition in career progression. What if you're an archaeologist but not in the commercial sector? Is IfA membership a universal archaeological kudos? Especially if the Institute for Field Archaeologists wants to become the Institute for Archaeologists...marketing battle on the horizon.
In other areas of heritage and archaeology, are these postnomials as highly regarded/direct benefit to career progression?
Might be an issue for making things more inclusive for all archaeologists in their disparate fields, as you pointed out Hosty. Illustrators have their own association, environmental archaeologists, etc do too, and it's only £40 a year, guess the rest of it is the peer-review costs.
Hmmmm, having a look at the updated handbook, shockingly I could apply for a higher membership level than I thought, guess all that stress had to pay off somewhere, nice. Although the £100+ a year price tag a year isn't too appealing. I can see the benefit in commercial archaeology, as the corporate levels reward the hard work and dedication taken to achieve these postnomials, and the increasing requirement for having this recognition in career progression. What if you're an archaeologist but not in the commercial sector? Is IfA membership a universal archaeological kudos? Especially if the Institute for Field Archaeologists wants to become the Institute for Archaeologists...marketing battle on the horizon.
In other areas of heritage and archaeology, are these postnomials as highly regarded/direct benefit to career progression?
Might be an issue for making things more inclusive for all archaeologists in their disparate fields, as you pointed out Hosty. Illustrators have their own association, environmental archaeologists, etc do too, and it's only £40 a year, guess the rest of it is the peer-review costs.