Heritage science and the public sector
By ucqbsao, on 20 March 2015
Heritage science is used to not fitting in.
Straddling a vaulted archway between scientific research and cultural preservation, management, and communication, it has often struggled to eke out it’s position in the context of economic and political shifts. Semantics aside, anything that is self-defined as inter-, trans-, and cross-disciplinary without a safe haven of its own risks homelessness in times of uncertainty. This is inextricably linked to finding financial and institutional support. Decision makers love putting things in boxes, and yet heritage science can sometimes seem to tick too many boxes for practical results.
Heritage, as a wider field, has seen its share of uncertainty regarding its operational procedures. (more…)