Friday 30 December 2011

Observer asks Is It About Conservation or Control?

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Observing the ongoing debate on the financing of a Portable Antiquities Scheme for Wales, Cultural Property Lobbyist asks "Is It About Conservation or Control?". Actually, it is neither, the PAS is a wallpapering over the cracks in cultural heritage policy in the British Isles and needs stripping away to reveal the underlying fabric of deceits and fuzzy thinking.

2 comments:

Cultural Property Observer said...

Well, if I everything I write has to do with the fact that I have to register as a lobbyist (though archaeologists who are funded by their universities don't have to do the same) isn't everything you write colored by the fact that apparently you are a contractor for ICOM and UNESCO?

Paul Barford said...

No.

I write what I write because I have eyes and ears and do not like what I see and hear.

The PAS is a wallpapering over the cracks in cultural heritage policy in the British Isles and needs stripping away to reveal the underlying fabric of deceits and fuzzy thinking.

[I also bet if you asked them, grey-suit organizations like ICOMOS and UNESCO would probably say without a thought that the PAS is a "jolly good thing".]

 
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