28th April 2011, 03:20 PM
P Prentice Wrote:i think you will find that in law knowledge can be owned and that it does exist even if it isn't shared but i think i get what you are saying. clearly we agree on 'the means to an end' and i will take community to mean 'everybody'. i think 'dumping' is perjorative although i will concede publishing straightaway was unhelpful when i'm advocating an open accessable archive which everyone can engage with. this in no way detracts from community archaeology but enhances it.
I take your point re: knowledge. I think you understand what I mean; unless knowledge is shared it has little or no 'value' except to the person 'owning' it to themselves. A bit like onanism :0. I take back 'dumping' but unless the material caters for all, and is written in various ways for different audiences, the dry, technical, 'grey literature' will not surfice. This is not dumbing down. There would be no point going to a school and giving a university lecture for example. By all means get it all out there, but be flexible.