Pictured here: Shannon Tushingham and Tiffany Fulkerson, Washington State University archaeologists. Credit: WSU
Posted on 08/04/2019 3:03:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Male academics, who comprise less than 10 percent of North American archaeologists, write the vast majority of the field's high impact, peer-reviewed literature.
That's according to a new study in American Antiquity by Washington State University archaeologists Tiffany Fulkerson and Shannon Tushingham.
The two scientists set out to determine how a rapidly evolving demographic and professional landscape is influencing the production and dissemination of knowledge in American archaeology.
They found that women, who now make up half of all archaeologists in North America, and professionals working outside of a university setting, who account for 90 percent of the total workforce, were far less likely to publish in peer-reviewed journals.
(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...
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The College Fix | 08/03/2019 | College Fix Staff
Posted on 08/04/2019 8:18:32 AM PDT by Rusty0604
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3769097/posts
Last weekend the Atlantic magazine published a long article that I initially assumed must be a similarly imaginative parody of misplaced literary ingenuity. The piece, titled "Was Shakespeare a Woman?", suggests that the works attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford may have been written by a woman. The author, Elizabeth Winkler, maintains: "Doubts about whether William Shakespeare ... really wrote the works attributed to him are almost as old as the writings themselves."
She accuses what she calls orthodox Shakespeare scholars of "a dogmatism of their own" on the issue, whereby "even to dabble in authorship questions is considered a sign of bad faith, a blinkered failure to countenance genius in a glover's son." Armed with this tendentious premise, along with the less contentious one that Shakespeare depicts female characters with unrivalled sympathy and insight, Winkler spins a hypothesis that Emilia Bassano, born in London in 1569 to Venetian immigrants, is a viable candidate for the true author.
Even as I read Winkler's piece, I expected a denouement that it was all a piece of fiction, analogous to the enjoyable 2009 caper St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold, which ends with buried treasure under the Globe Theatre and the discovery of Shakespeare's true identity. It never came. The article was presented as a serious contribution to a debate in which Winkler has made a potentially historic discovery...
Price is neither meticulous nor a scholar (she designates herself "an independent scholar," which should have caused Winkler greater wariness). As Alan Nelson of Berkeley University has put it, Price knows how to put a sentence together but she doesn't know how to put an argument together...
Yet it turns out that I was mistaken in thinking that Winkler was guilty of mere inattention and incuriosity. In the storm of social media comment over the past few days, one post stands out. Diana Henderson of MIT, whose scholarly expertise includes Shakespeare, early modern poetry and drama, and gender studies, wrote on Twitter: "[Winkler] contacted me almost a year ago, & although I gave lengthy email replies, doesn't acknowledge the fact that many of us who are most interested in women writers & know their dramatic as well as poetic works find this fanciful. EW seeking only to find what she wanted."
Conspiracism at the Atlantic | Oliver Kamm | May 16, 2019 | Quillette
I dont think it matters to most women.
Every female archeolgist I know went to a great school and married wealth.
I assume all you need to work in the field is a Bachelor’s degree. To get published, having a Ph.D. helps considerably.
I know a guy that has a degree in archeology and can not find a job in that field. He says there are too many volunteers willing to work for nothing for him to get a job.
I assume all you need to work in the field is a Bachelor’s degree. To get published, having a Ph.D. helps considerably.
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Yes, you get a better class of husband...
Maybe they should produce quality work.
I have been reading some interesting fiction books about this topic
(fiction cause obviously they are better thriller reading that way)
https://www.amazon.com/David-S-Brody/e/B00NSXQE38%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Nope -- the proper, correct response is to establish 'diverse' tribunals to examine the activities of these so-called peer review boards. /s
So they unearthed one remaining area where men haven’t been exterminated.
Time to get to work!
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3769198/posts
Don’t let the left wing’s hatred of America change our history.
The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” George Orwell, 1984
“Do you realize that the past, starting from yesterday, has been actually abolished?”
1984 by George Orwell
Home Literature 1984 Characters Winston Smith
“Do you realize that the past, starting from yesterday, has been actually abolished? If it survives anywhere, it’s in a few solid objects with no words attached to them, like that lump of glass there. Already we know almost literally nothing about the Revolution and the years before the Revolution.
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, and every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day-by-day and minute-by-minute. History has stopped.
Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right. I know, of course, that the past is falsified, but it would never be possible for me to prove it, even when I did the falsification myself. After the thing is done, no evidence ever remains. The only evidence is inside my own mind, and I don’t know with any certainty that any other human being shares my memories.
Just in that one instance, in my whole life, I did possess actual concrete evidence after the event – years after it.” (2.5.14, Winston to Julia)
https://www.shmoop.com/1984/winston-smith-quotes-2.htm
Probably a fair statement, but sounds like a marketing problem, to me...
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I have a lifelong interest in and love for archaeology -- BUT...
The field pays so poorly (as does public teaching) that it simply was a non-starter -- competing against careers available for someone with additional interest/talents in the physical sciences.
But, it makes a delightful retirement avocation. Fortunately, THC (the Texas Historical Commission) has a great volunteer program for serious, experienced avocational archaeologists: the Texas Archeological (Texas official spelling) Stewards Network.
AFAIK, I've never "taken a job from" a professional archaeologist.
But, I avoid "getting in front of the bulldozers" -- where most of the paying jobs are... Most of my projects are smaller ones that are of scientific archaeological interest -- but are not attractive to big $$ for "Contract Archaeology", which is where most real money is spent.
When I do encounter something of that sort, it is simple enough to call or e-mail THC -- and "make a hand-off to the pros"...
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Apparently the aforementioned individual has a BS/BA degree -- and plans to go no higher in education. That mostly qualifies him to be a "shovel bum" -- and there are, indeed, plenty of non-degreed folks ready to take those jobs.
Most major development projects require (and budget for) an "Environmental Impact Statement" -- which includes a "Cultural Resource (archaeological) Impact" Statement. There are lots of "CRM" (Cultural Resource Management) firms who serve that need.
BUT...CRM forms look at degreed folks as leaders -- not laborers! Perhaps the subject could develop/emphasize an additional skillset (photography, cartography, writing, etc) and market himself to CRM firms...
Any idea why? Conjectures?
Same practices described there as happen under Islamic rule, leftist rule, and any other big fist regime.
https://www.george-orwell.org/1984
There’s a lot of closeted gay men who have money and need a beard.
High end schools high end men, a major that requires money or a trust fund, and is esoteric enough to be shown to be nonsupporting, men like that. At least certain levels of men.
Thanks.
George had that ability to see how our freedoms were being taken away for our good by what we now call the Deep State.
I have his 1984 on Kindle to look at to realize what we have going on isn’t new.
This is just another example of Praeto’s Principle, the 80/20 rule.
The Pareto Principle helps you realize that the majority of results come from a minority of inputs. Knowing this, if…
20% of workers contribute 80% of results: Focus on rewarding these employees.
20% of bugs contribute 80% of crashes: Focus on fixing these bugs first.
20% of customers contribute 80% of revenue: Focus on satisfying these customers.
The examples go on. The point is to realize that you can often focus your effort on the 20% that makes a difference, instead of the 80% that doesn’t add much.
In economics terms, there is diminishing marginal benefit. This is related to the law of diminishing returns: each additional hour of effort, each extra worker is adding less “oomph” to the final result. By the end, you are spending lots of time on the minor details.
https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-pareto-principle-the-8020-rule/
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