16th June 2009, 08:17 PM
"What about if museums paid for all the things that I discard, and my archive? and the things I don?t pick up, God knows where museums get their money from ? what would be nice is about ?400 a box ?.I could be very very rich"
cant see where yo are going with that one - part of a 'new solution' must be the broader arena beyond commercial archaeology, of which museums are, have, and will be hit hard by public spending cuts - we wouldn't want local museums to lose local government money because it has been diverted to archaeological excavation...would we?
sees to me that many of the problems are rooted deep in society, and that is perhapes where some focus needs to shift...
For example : the 'value' of heritage could be said to originate from how children are taught in school,and how adults percieve thier cuture and society.
Equally : social action begins with the self - individual arcchaeological entities might require radical internal overhaul and evolution, as-well-as negotiating 'collectivley' with the rest of the social and commercial world. Personally i would prefer this evolution to be in the vien of sustainable human co-operation, rather than in the shadow of capitalist hierarchies and individualistic capital acquisition...
cant see where yo are going with that one - part of a 'new solution' must be the broader arena beyond commercial archaeology, of which museums are, have, and will be hit hard by public spending cuts - we wouldn't want local museums to lose local government money because it has been diverted to archaeological excavation...would we?
sees to me that many of the problems are rooted deep in society, and that is perhapes where some focus needs to shift...
For example : the 'value' of heritage could be said to originate from how children are taught in school,and how adults percieve thier cuture and society.
Equally : social action begins with the self - individual arcchaeological entities might require radical internal overhaul and evolution, as-well-as negotiating 'collectivley' with the rest of the social and commercial world. Personally i would prefer this evolution to be in the vien of sustainable human co-operation, rather than in the shadow of capitalist hierarchies and individualistic capital acquisition...