If you have something to say (as your text shows you do) then by all means feel
free to say it without contorting my words, divorcing them from the context in
which they were given.
I agree with you, incidentally. And this is why I too said that knowledge
brought in from other contexts could well be sufficient. You deleted that part
of my text.
The first David didn't say what type of conservation he wanted to do
('artefacts' is too broad to comment upon) - maybe he won't even need basic
chemistry and physics for the work that he has in mind. On the other hand, my
conservation work requires a lot of formal knowledge, and just as much that was
never formally taught, and continuing research and reading.
David Taylor wrote:
>
> I have seen discussions on what is needed to do a job
> over and over on this and other listservs. . . and based on
> my 25 years in the museum bussiness with dozens of
> hires and fires. . . I find that a person's educational background
> is often the least predictive part of how they will perform in
> the job. I have hired Ph.D.'s, folks without degrees and
> everywhere in between and no longer give this much
> credence in my hiring. . .
>
> It is obvious that we need folks who know what they are
> doing. . . we wouldn't want bridges built by folks who had
> lots of energy and passion but who didn't understand
> stresses and loads, and we wouldn't want someone
> caring for a collection who didn't have some understanding
> of what was good and bad for preserving it. . . but. . .
>
> I really find that it is more important to find someone who
> will fit in with the team, and who has the interest and capacity
> to listen, learn, and grow in the job than it is to get someone
> who knows lots and "pisses" everyone else off. . .
>
> A broad life experience. . . . with some element of stability
> (I don't want someone who has changed jobs every year
> or two) along with a open mind is my ideal candidate in
> any position. . .
>
> As a person looking for perspective employees, I try to
> interview 10 or more candidates so I can see what folks are
> really like, rather than how they look on paper. . . four usually
> turn out to not be suited at all, 4 are usually ok, but nothing
> special, and usually 2 have got something I'm interested in
> and offer me a choice in trying to make the best hire for the
> institution and the team.
>
> David Taylor
> Director of Science & Exhibits
> Pacific Science Center
> Seattle, WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alistair Kwan
> Subject: Re: conservation
>
> I wouldn't go near some of the things that I work with, if I hadn't been
> admitted to both the MSc in experimental physics and the MA in history
> of science, supplemented with readings and lectures in art history and
> architectural and urban history.
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