Hello Everyone,
I'm an avid paleophile and social researcher doing work on natural history museums. I am interested in talking to people who love fossils! I am doing a survey and want to invite you to take it:
Survey for the public:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DFX55S6
Survey for the paleontology community:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/67RNCMW
You might fall into both categories! Please feel free to take them both if you want to. Only 10 questions apiece.
The purpose of this survey is to ask people what they know about fossil collecting for commercial purposes, and what they think about this. I really want to get more perspectives on this issue. Ultimately I will be presenting the data at a conference and then publishing it open-access. I want to bring "amateurs" and the public into the conversation about the market! As a museum professional, I don't think my motivations and thoughts on this topic reflect any of those currently being circulated by the media, and I think it's simply wrong to leave people out of this conversation.
Thanks for your time, I appreciate it!
- Francis B.
PS you can send me a private message if you want to talk about this further, I am all ears.