‘[PENNSYLVANIA] MUSEUM RESEARCHERS SPEAK OUT AGAINST FIRING.’

Kathy Wang (Dec. 12th, 2009) © 2009. The Daily Pennsylvanian [Online edition].


Abstract from:


‘The forthcoming discontinuation of 18 research specialist positions at the Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, which was announced last Friday, may stem from reasons other than the financial crisis. According to several researchers who declined to use their names due to the situation's sensitivity, the economy's downturn is simply the trigger behind the changes, which they say are due to long-standing University and museum priorities that do not emphasize scientific and historical research (...) Reply to this article - written by: Prof. Oscar Muscarell,' etc...


Please see word document pp. 1-16, (M. G. Conde 07.14.2009) located at =

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8463897/Update-%E2%80%98%5BPENNSYLVANIA%5D-MUSEUM-RESEARCHERS-SPEAK-OUT-AGAINST-FIRING%E2%80%99-(07142009)


This also includes a link to the [Full Text] relating article by: Prof. Richard Hodges (then) former Director of the British School at Rome, When in Rome...? History Today (1993).


Thank you

Martin G Conde

Washington DC, USA