[Bonetools] University of Pennsylvania Museum Researchers Petition

[Katherine M. Moore]

Dear Bone tool, ICAZ friends,
I want to clarify the message that Omur Harmansah 
sent about the situation at the University of 
Pennsylvania Museum. One of the outcomes of this 
action will be the closing of the zooarchaeology 
laboratory at MASCA. At present, there weren't 
even any funded positions at MASCA (I supervise 
research in this laboratory as a volunteer). But, 
our ability to do zooarchaeological research of 
any kind, to train students, and to offer 
collegial support to others may disappear. I 
would indeed appreciate your support in 
documenting how much you hope this will not happen.
Thanks to all,

Katherine Moore
MASCA
University of Pennyslvania Museum

At 05:13 AM 1/13/2009, you wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I know this is not about bone tools, but still...
>
>Jean-Marc
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Dear colleagues,
>
>You may have heard that on 19 November 2008 University of Pennsylvania
>Museum's 18 Research Specialists in Archaeology have been fired from their
>positions while their associated laboratories and centers such as MASCA
>(Museum Applied Sciences Center for Archaeology) have been shut down. Senior
>researchers such as Patrick McGovern, David G. Romano, Simon Martin, Barbara
>J. Hayden, Philip G. Chase, and Naomi Miller are among the fired.
>
>There is now an online petition requesting the Museum and University
>administrators to reconsider their decision.
>I would like to encourage all to sign and support the cause, and  distribute
>as widely as possible in the archaeological community.
>
>http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Penn2009/petition.html
>
>Nota bene: When signing the petition, please enter your affiliation in the
>box labeled "optional" (It is not clearly labeled as "affiliation").
>
>Let us stand for the future of archaeological research in academia!
>
>Many thanks, and best wishes
>Ömür
>
>-------------------------------------------------
>Ömür Harmansah
>Assistant Professor of Archaeology
>and Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies
>Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
>Brown University Box 1837
>70 Waterman Street, Providence RI 02912
>Tel: 401-863-6411 E-mail: Omur_Harmansah at brown.edu
>http://proteus.brown.edu/harmansah/Home
>
>
>
>
>--
>Jean-Marc Pétillon
>CNRS
>Laboratoire TRACES (UMR 5608)
>Université Toulouse le Mirail
>Maison de la recherche
>5 allées A. Machado
>F-31058 Toulouse
>
>+ 33 (0) 5 61 50 24 53
>+ 33 (0) 6 31 07 47 62
>
>
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