3-YEARS LATER … A REASSESSMENT OF THE NEED FOR SOMETHING “ IN-BETWEEN ”
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3-YEARS LATER … A REASSESSMENT OF THE NEED FOR SOMETHING “ IN-BETWEEN ”
Shumon T . Hussain ¹ , Yannick Boswinkel ² ,
Mette B . Langbroek ³, Robin Nieuwenkamp , Dean Peeters , Roosmarie J . C . Vlaskamp ,
Femke H . Reidsma
Welcome to the 2017 issue of INTER-SECTION : Innovative approaches by Junior Archaeological
at Leiden ’ s Faculty of Archaeology from the BA to the MA level .
E-mail : editorialboard @ inter-section . nl
¹ leidenuniv . academia . edu / ShumonTHussain ² leidenuniv . academia . edu / YannickBoswinkel ³ leidenuniv . academia . edu / MetteLangbroek leidenuniv . academia . edu / RobinNieuwenkamp uni-koln . academia . edu / DeanPeeters leidenuniv . academia . edu / RoosmarieVlaskamp leidenuniv . academia . edu / FemkeReidsma
Since the inception of INTER-SECTION as a peer-reviewed open-access publishing platform in 2015 , the journal ’ s primary aims have not changed substantially . Yet , what has become quite apparent during these past years is that there is more need than ever for a journal “ in-between ” – to bridge some of the divisions between teaching ( training vs education ) and research ( key role of fast-and-frugal publication ) that have been created by the ongoing transformation of European university systems . Whilst we adhere to INTER-SECTION ’ s core agenda ( Peeters et al . 2015 , 4-5 ), these developments both motivate and necessitate reconsidering the colouring and meaning of the label “ INTER-SECTION ”.
After all , the journal has demonstrated not only to be an instrument for presenting the “ wide range of archaeological discourses being studied and taught at Leiden ’ s Faculty of Archaeology ” ( idem , 5 ), it can in fact be argued now that INTER-SECTION has also proven to facilitate a platform where students and staff can meet and collaborate , where education and research productively culminate , and where the curiosity and ambition of young researchers is fuelled by the experience and advice of experienced professionals . In a nutshell , we suggest that INTER-SECTION can now also be regarded as an important intra-faculty glue holding together what is , grosso modo , drifting more and more apart in Dutch academia . While there exists , in fact , a large agreement for the necessity to create and maintain an academic environment in which the boundaries between teaching and research , between the role of the “ scientist ” and that of the “ student ”,
- try of Education , Culture and Science 2015 , 62-74 ; ISO 2015 ), universities are still struggling to implement and cultivate such environments . In practice ,
lessons-learned from successful best-practices and implement these in other curricula ( AWTI 2015 ). Bottom-up efforts such as INTER-SECTION can p . 2 | VOL III | INTER-SECTION | 2017