Are Archaeological Professional Societies/Organizations Designed to Do Nothing? - Ep 273
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Are our archaeology organizations(organisations)/societies designed to be against change? History seems to indicate so. We see actions from the United States Office of Strategic Services' (precursor to the CIA) Simple Sabotage Field Manual put into practice all the time. Many systems sure sound a lot like the Spartan apella - 'This is not a system for popular decision making, it is a system for consensus building, a system to convince everyone – even if they disagree with the action – that most of the spartiates agree and that they should thus go along.' In this podcast we look at these descriptions of past control systems and sabotage techniques to see how many can be applied to current organizations (organisations) /societies. Transcripts For rough transcripts of this episode go to https://www.archpodnet.com/crmarchpodcast/273 Links * Simple Sabotage Field Manual https://www.hsdl.org/c/abstract/?docid=750070 The relevant section (11) General Interference with Organizations and Production (a) Organizations and Conferences * Collections: This. Isn't. Sparta, Part V: Spartan Government https://acoup.blog/2019/09/12/collections-this-isnt-sparta-part-v-spartan-government/ ArchPodNet * APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com [https://www.archpodnet.com/] * APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet * APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet * APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet * Tee Public Store: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/archaeology-podcast-network?ref_id=5724 Affiliates * Motion: https://www.archpodnet.com/motion * Motley Fool Save $110 off the full list price of Stock Advisor for your first year, go to  https://zen.ai/crmarchaeologyfool and start your investing journey today! *$110 discount off of $199 per year list price. Membership will renew annually at the then current list price. * Laird Superfood Are you ready to feel more energized, focused, and supported? Go to https://zen.ai/thecrmarchaeologypod1 and add nourishing, plant-based foods to fuel you from sunrise to sunset. * Liquid I.V. Ready to shop better hydration, use my special link https://zen.ai/thecrmarchaeologypod to save 20% off anything you order.
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