Obstacles to Career Progression in Archaeology: Precarious Labour and Unemployment

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Article Title

Obstacles to Career Progression in Archaeology: Precarious Labour and Unemployment

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Papers from the Institute of Archaeology

Author(s)

Hardy, Samuel Andrew

Year of Publication

2014

Volume Number

24

Issue Number

1

Article Pages

1-6

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https://pia-journal.co.uk/articles/10.5334/pia.474/

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Papers from the Institute of Archaeology (open access)

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English

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Abstract: As Sue Hamilton brought out, a combination of personal and structural forces harm workers and areas of work. Those forces multiply inequity by channelling already disadvantaged workers into disadvantageous areas of work. For example, under a historic ‘domestic’ division of labour in archaeology, women have disproportionately performed invisible ‘dishwashing’ duties, which have not only been immediately financially under-rewarding and relatively insecure, but which have also undermined career progression by requiring under-recognised labour such as collection cataloguing (Dommasnes, Kleppe, Mandt and Næss, 1998: 119; see also Bolger, 2003: 207 – tables 8.2–8.3; Webb and Frankel, 1995: 101; Karouzou, 1984: 27, translated and cited by Nikolaidou and Kokkinidou, 1998: 248).

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