5th January 2010, 04:18 PM
Hi All,
Many thanks to David for starting this thread. The Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (or ScARF) is run by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, is funded by Historic Scotland, and we have support from across the sector.
We have a number of specialist panels looking at different aspects of Scotland's past who will be reporting back over 2010 (the results of their deliberations will go up on the site as a series of freely downloadable PDFs) - effectively we have asked these panels to critically review the current state of our knowledge for each theme and consider the key future research areas. There is a similarity here with the regional frameworks undertaken in England, and we are trying to build on the successes of their approach, while trying to minimise the drawbacks. The key challenge is to produce a framework that is neither anodyne, nor overly constrictive.
Please keep checking the website (currently we have info on who is on the panels and when they are meeting, along with a forum for discussion of research issues) as new info will be posted throughout the year, and I would appreciate any feedback and discussion (it would be particularly interesting to hear from people who have experience with the regional frameworks)
Cheers
Jeff
Many thanks to David for starting this thread. The Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (or ScARF) is run by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, is funded by Historic Scotland, and we have support from across the sector.
We have a number of specialist panels looking at different aspects of Scotland's past who will be reporting back over 2010 (the results of their deliberations will go up on the site as a series of freely downloadable PDFs) - effectively we have asked these panels to critically review the current state of our knowledge for each theme and consider the key future research areas. There is a similarity here with the regional frameworks undertaken in England, and we are trying to build on the successes of their approach, while trying to minimise the drawbacks. The key challenge is to produce a framework that is neither anodyne, nor overly constrictive.
Please keep checking the website (currently we have info on who is on the panels and when they are meeting, along with a forum for discussion of research issues) as new info will be posted throughout the year, and I would appreciate any feedback and discussion (it would be particularly interesting to hear from people who have experience with the regional frameworks)
Cheers
Jeff