More than Object Handling: The Roles of Archaeologists within Museum Organizations

Gunnar Andersson

doi:10.37718/csa.2017.02

Abstract

More than Object Handling: The Roles of Archaeologists within Museum Organizations

Highlights

In the following I will try to elaborate and reflect on a few issues that to varying degrees have bearing upon some of the changes that have oc curred – or might be about to occur – within Swedish contract archae
The subject of the discussion is museums, and museum archaeology and the roles that archaeologists have – or should have – within present as well as future museum organizations. It is a muchneeded discussion since one of the consequences of the changes that have occurred in Swedish contract archaeology during the last decade is that quite a few museums have dropped their archaeological functions
I guess it is fair to admit that the discussion to some degrees can be related to the – sometimes – heated and lively debate about the roles of Swedish museums that has been going on dur ing the last year in the press and social media; a debate which sometimes touches upon the question of whether there is any need for specialists, i.e. qualified academic researchers and curators, within the personnel group or not in the ‘new’ reorganized institution

Summary

Introduction

In the following I will try to elaborate and reflect on a few issues that to varying degrees have bearing upon some of the changes that have oc curred – or might be about to occur – within Swedish contract archae. I guess it is fair to admit that the discussion to some degrees can be related to the – sometimes – heated and lively debate about the roles of Swedish museums that has been going on dur ing the last year in the press and social media; a debate which sometimes touches upon the question of whether there is any need for specialists, i.e. qualified academic researchers and curators, within the personnel group or not in the ‘new’ reorganized institution.

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Conclusion