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> Not sure who the authority here is Original claim: Annika Larsson, researcher at Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University http://ka
by sampo 9y ago
> Not sure who the authority here is
Original claim: Annika Larsson, researcher at Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University
http://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N1-483 http://katalog.uu.se/profile/?id=N1-483
This rebuttal: Stephennie Mulder, Associate Professor, Art History (Islamic Art and Architecture), University of Texas at Austin
https://art.utexas.edu/about/people/stephennie-mulder https://art.utexas.edu/about/people/stephennie-mulder
- panzagl 9y agoFor all the bashing about twitter, in the not-too-distant past this exchange would have played out over a year or so, assuming the original claim didn't just languish in some obscure journal somewhere.
- drzaiusapelord 9y agoWell, that's the big issue isn't it? Pre-twitter, pre-out of control social media, etc a claim from a Jr level person like this would have been met with skepticism and gone through an academic filter that would has squashed it. Nowadays its all over the world before there's a sane response to it. Sadly, many who have memorized this little factoid will never see the rebuttal.
- panzagl 9y agoIt's hard to tell how much filter was applied since the BBC article only cites the team themselves- I don't see any indication that Larsson is a 'Jr level person' in their field. This could have easily have been published in a specialized journal and not have been refuted until someone with the right background came across it.
- sampo 9y agoI guess in American universities, "researcher" is only an early career position. Later, you either get a professorship, or they kick you out. But this case is about a Swedish university, and there people can be "researchers" their whole careers.