
Is this Joseph Lewis II the same one who [...]?and was mentioned by Urice and Adler, "Unveiling the Executive Branch's Extralegal Cultural Property Policy", University of Miami Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-20 (see here and here - note name-change and here).
I wonder whether the fact that the Association has not responded in any way to substantive comments and requests for clarification indicates that from the moment questions were raised, it simply collapsed. We seem to be witness lately to a lot of wild thrashing around by the US collectors' lobby. A problem being pointed out seems often to provoke some knee-jerk reaction. A typical response in the milieue seems to be a impetus to set up some kind of formal group which is then given wider-ranging functions. Readers may remember the ACCG setting up a group to help British museums buy Treasure finds from metal detector using Treasure hunters, they set up group, collected money from their supporters and then - silence (on whether the donors got their money back too). There have been several other groups and 'research institutions' which seem largely intended to produce kudos for the individuals who appoint themselves as its 'officers', make a big noise, fundraise, produce a webpage, organize some round-table with the same old people sitting at it sniffing at preservationist notions, and then stop functioning when the realisation is that progress in the field is a bit more difficult than a "let's set up a group - yeah!" and cultivating a few clueless US politicians. The Cultural Property Research Institute is a good/bad example of this. Has the silent ADCAEA become a dodo-organization before it was even fully hatched?
See: PACHI Monday, 28 October 2013, 'US Special Interest "Cultural Policy" Talkshops'.
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