18th March 2011, 01:36 PM
First, can I attempt to summarise where we've got to:
There's the need to generate a level of representation and affiliation/communication which roots us in the bigger economic discussion (presumably counter to the current conservative ideals which are being roled out) as highlighted by Madweasels.
There's the need to generate an immediate demonstration of support for archaeology and heritage to counteract those ideals right now, which is what I now seem to have ended up talking about.
And there's the need to build on and bring together the existing fragmented and disparate organisations and groups which operate in (and to some degree, on behalf of) archaeology and form a collective agenda of some kind on behalf of archaeology and heritage.
What we're all saying is that we need to build and carve out a future for archaeology and heritage which is better than what we've got and what is currently on the table and defends the discipline from the current threats (perhaps until we can pull everyone together.......hmmm).
Secondly, in reply to MarionRavenwood: anyone! The beauty is that, if it doesn't have any political or organisational affiliations and only asks one clear question of people, it doesn't need to come from a body or ask permission to speak on behalf of one. It creates its own justification with the answers people supply..........I'm considerin doing something right now. All it needs is a website........
There's the need to generate a level of representation and affiliation/communication which roots us in the bigger economic discussion (presumably counter to the current conservative ideals which are being roled out) as highlighted by Madweasels.
There's the need to generate an immediate demonstration of support for archaeology and heritage to counteract those ideals right now, which is what I now seem to have ended up talking about.
And there's the need to build on and bring together the existing fragmented and disparate organisations and groups which operate in (and to some degree, on behalf of) archaeology and form a collective agenda of some kind on behalf of archaeology and heritage.
What we're all saying is that we need to build and carve out a future for archaeology and heritage which is better than what we've got and what is currently on the table and defends the discipline from the current threats (perhaps until we can pull everyone together.......hmmm).
Secondly, in reply to MarionRavenwood: anyone! The beauty is that, if it doesn't have any political or organisational affiliations and only asks one clear question of people, it doesn't need to come from a body or ask permission to speak on behalf of one. It creates its own justification with the answers people supply..........I'm considerin doing something right now. All it needs is a website........