23rd June 2010, 07:40 PM
Wax Wrote:Heritage Management??..what do we as archaeologists understand by that?
Is the heritage managed for its own sake & preserved for future generations or is it managed to make a quick buck today?
Possibly it is a fine balance between preserving/conserving a public resource but at the same time generating income from that resource that can be ploughed back into conservation.
Personally I think we are beginning to slip into the Dinsney heritage park approach
The theme park "Historic Briton" might help the economic crises but will it compromise our heritage?
As archaeologists we dig stuff up. They have been doing that at Pompeii for years because that is where the money is. Then they do off and dig more stuff up and let the first site go to hell. No money for conservation and no plan to let people in to view the remains so as to generate income for the conservation. No plan as to how people can view the remains in a sustainable way so even if they are allowed they trash what is there. If you don't want to have people on the site who will pay? I know examples where tourists pay a premium and locals pay little or nothing - the tourists are taxed for the benefit of locals. Good idea? And for fecks sake don't go off on what you all have been doing - not interested.:face-topic: