28th June 2009, 08:56 PM
In relation to the trtaining, at this stage it would be more productive to break the territry and build the contacts and then see where it goes from there.
you need local political support, local university interest and an acrediation process maybe backed by one of a few home universities through staff partisipation.
in relation to hotly contested tenders i think the issue is more about why it is hotly contested rather than who wins it.
is it an opportunity to expose a great deal of complex deep strat in your local area, where you have the greatest amount of experience and local knowledge, in conjunction with being the only way you can assist in the career development of people is to train people in this manner as a result of a dead (wo)man's shoes jobed industry.
i think this is an ideal case study where an organisation is highly skilled, highly experienced and have an established home territory.
You don't expand your team, you expand your impact.
community and training emphasised excavation projects allow for the breaking of new ground.
lets face it the AMAA Act 1979 test areas included, by no accident, YORK, where there was no guarantee on funding for any works undertaken.
deep strat archaeology in one of the most important locations in britain as an urban district. with legislative backing to the hilt, but no money to pay for it.
so the question is.......wait for it.......
What do we want?
do we want integrated heritage protection, engagement, utilization and access to be our goal?
OR
do we wish to maintain the DOGMAS of professional heritage and industrious optimal capitalisation?
lets face it we need to keep our eyes on the ball on this one.
we need to focus on how we musgt be willing to give up what we want to make sure that it makes it into the future.
this is going to be one hell one a trade off.
the onlyy thing is we will not be able to claw this one back in our working lifetime.
when the die is cast, we will either have a national heritage engagement (exploitable for nationalistic goals), or a no holes bard proof for being a self interested profiteering group (the big sell out).
one will be hard to swallow, the other a dangerous road where we wont be able to keep a tab on where it goes.
we will in effect be subject to the populus demand for tresure, gold and maybe some occult like influences......
need i write on
i don't think that in the imediacy there will be a problem, but as the issues of the BNP, immigraton, identity cards and the new definitions of what our HUMAN RIGHTS should be , then we could have alot to worry about.
This is especially the case if as the situation unfolds, we are unable to maintain our DOGMAS long enough to ensure the future is provided with the best chance that we can provide for it.
conversely
if we swallow the bitter pill, then we will ensure a profession and commercial recognition.
However, where we will fail here will be principally based upon the fact that we will not have faith in the rest of the nation to maturly work out that they do not want to be members of a society based upon marginalisation and political exploitative manipulation.
but where they will not get that chance to find out about intellectual exploitation, we will find out if we wish to commercially exploit the situation to maximise our monetry quedos.
who do we have faith in and how much confidence do you have in your leaders, the leaders of tommorrow and more importantly.........what leadership can we as archaeologists bring to our nation in Europe, as our story unfolds so far........?
we can do this from here in a special place called archaeology.....or we can assail the walls, of what we can bring to any work place and hometown and show people who they are and what they are all capable of......
anyways
i guess just meeting a need.
txt is
Mike
you need local political support, local university interest and an acrediation process maybe backed by one of a few home universities through staff partisipation.
in relation to hotly contested tenders i think the issue is more about why it is hotly contested rather than who wins it.
is it an opportunity to expose a great deal of complex deep strat in your local area, where you have the greatest amount of experience and local knowledge, in conjunction with being the only way you can assist in the career development of people is to train people in this manner as a result of a dead (wo)man's shoes jobed industry.
i think this is an ideal case study where an organisation is highly skilled, highly experienced and have an established home territory.
You don't expand your team, you expand your impact.
community and training emphasised excavation projects allow for the breaking of new ground.
lets face it the AMAA Act 1979 test areas included, by no accident, YORK, where there was no guarantee on funding for any works undertaken.
deep strat archaeology in one of the most important locations in britain as an urban district. with legislative backing to the hilt, but no money to pay for it.
so the question is.......wait for it.......
What do we want?
do we want integrated heritage protection, engagement, utilization and access to be our goal?
OR
do we wish to maintain the DOGMAS of professional heritage and industrious optimal capitalisation?
lets face it we need to keep our eyes on the ball on this one.
we need to focus on how we musgt be willing to give up what we want to make sure that it makes it into the future.
this is going to be one hell one a trade off.
the onlyy thing is we will not be able to claw this one back in our working lifetime.
when the die is cast, we will either have a national heritage engagement (exploitable for nationalistic goals), or a no holes bard proof for being a self interested profiteering group (the big sell out).
one will be hard to swallow, the other a dangerous road where we wont be able to keep a tab on where it goes.
we will in effect be subject to the populus demand for tresure, gold and maybe some occult like influences......
need i write on
i don't think that in the imediacy there will be a problem, but as the issues of the BNP, immigraton, identity cards and the new definitions of what our HUMAN RIGHTS should be , then we could have alot to worry about.
This is especially the case if as the situation unfolds, we are unable to maintain our DOGMAS long enough to ensure the future is provided with the best chance that we can provide for it.
conversely
if we swallow the bitter pill, then we will ensure a profession and commercial recognition.
However, where we will fail here will be principally based upon the fact that we will not have faith in the rest of the nation to maturly work out that they do not want to be members of a society based upon marginalisation and political exploitative manipulation.
but where they will not get that chance to find out about intellectual exploitation, we will find out if we wish to commercially exploit the situation to maximise our monetry quedos.
who do we have faith in and how much confidence do you have in your leaders, the leaders of tommorrow and more importantly.........what leadership can we as archaeologists bring to our nation in Europe, as our story unfolds so far........?
we can do this from here in a special place called archaeology.....or we can assail the walls, of what we can bring to any work place and hometown and show people who they are and what they are all capable of......
anyways
i guess just meeting a need.
txt is
Mike