29th November 2008, 02:21 PM
"Crisis? What crisis? A way forward?"
How about another look at the original question, are we talking of solutions "in house" to the crisis that archaeology is in, i.e lets get our own house in order (which to me seems the short term solution) or are we talking of the long term solution, which basically means legislation in parliament in the form of the Heritage Bill which would have been in the new Queens speech, but due to the crises the whole economy is in the government have decided that there is more important things to sort out than heritage or archaeology.
With that being the case I don't think there is a lot any of us can do but try and weather the storm.
Even getting our own house in order is going to be difficult now without legislation when we look at how many units don't want any part of the IFA and any form of regulating over work ethics.
How about another look at the original question, are we talking of solutions "in house" to the crisis that archaeology is in, i.e lets get our own house in order (which to me seems the short term solution) or are we talking of the long term solution, which basically means legislation in parliament in the form of the Heritage Bill which would have been in the new Queens speech, but due to the crises the whole economy is in the government have decided that there is more important things to sort out than heritage or archaeology.
With that being the case I don't think there is a lot any of us can do but try and weather the storm.
Even getting our own house in order is going to be difficult now without legislation when we look at how many units don't want any part of the IFA and any form of regulating over work ethics.