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Blog Post

Blog Tagline

Investigating the Profession and Research

Notes

Reading this first sentence is easy, it is making it to the next sentence and then the next and the next, until the end that will be the challenge. For some, the words will be too raw, too real, too personal, too disturbing – don’t read. For everyone else, all I can say is that there are 91 stories of archaeologists here; each one is unique. You really can’t fully comprehend until you read them all and even then…

The Stories

In December, Karen Kelsky, of the The Professor Is In, started a crowd-sourced a survey on sexual misconduct in academia, currently at 2438 responses, all recorded in a public spreadsheet. Searching through them I found 91 of these stories involve archaeologists*. What follows are follows are the experiences of 91 of your peers

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RPA Codes & Standards

• Archaeologist's Responsibility to Colleagues, Employees, and Students
• Archaeologist's Responsibility to Employers and Clients
• Archaeologist's Responsibility to the Public

CIfA Codes

• Principle 1: Adherence to ethical and responsible behaviour in archaeological affairs
• Principle 5: Recognition of aspirations of employees, colleagues and helpers in all matters of employment

Keywords & Terms

• Equity and Representation; Discrimination and Harassment
• Professional Relationships and Communication
• Professional Standards
• Standards of Training and Student/Teacher Responsibilities

Topics & Issues

• #metoo
• Ethical Case Studies
• Gender and Sexuality
• Professionalism and Professional Standards
• Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, and Other Forms of Discrimination
• Sexual Harassment
• Universities, Academia, and Student Training