2nd January 2007, 02:43 PM
I have seen some pretty dodgy bits of curatorial practice, but generally speaking my experience is that they do follow through the stages of work that are required.
If a DBA is requird (common, but not universal - there may already be enough information to decide on whether any fieldwork is required and on its design), then there should always be one, and it should be prepared as a separate piece of work from the preparation for fieldwork.
Where a DBA is required, its results should normally form the basis for the curator's decision as to whether fieldwork is necessary, and what type(s). If the curator already knows what fieldwork is required, there generally shouldn't need to be a DBA beforehand.
Method statements are entirely separate from the DBA. My favoured model is that method statements should take the form of Specifications and should be prepared separately, by someone else, before the invitation to tender. The unit may therefore not need to prepare one at all, but if they do it will be to expand on parts of the Specification where the Spec has asked them to do so.
If there is no prior Spec, then the unit must produce a proper MS/WSI if they are to comply with the IFA standards.
1man1desk
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If a DBA is requird (common, but not universal - there may already be enough information to decide on whether any fieldwork is required and on its design), then there should always be one, and it should be prepared as a separate piece of work from the preparation for fieldwork.
Where a DBA is required, its results should normally form the basis for the curator's decision as to whether fieldwork is necessary, and what type(s). If the curator already knows what fieldwork is required, there generally shouldn't need to be a DBA beforehand.
Method statements are entirely separate from the DBA. My favoured model is that method statements should take the form of Specifications and should be prepared separately, by someone else, before the invitation to tender. The unit may therefore not need to prepare one at all, but if they do it will be to expand on parts of the Specification where the Spec has asked them to do so.
If there is no prior Spec, then the unit must produce a proper MS/WSI if they are to comply with the IFA standards.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished