TY - JOUR
T1 - No future in archaeological heritage management?
AU - Hogberg, Anders
AU - Holtorf, Cornelius
AU - May, Sarah
AU - wollentz, Gustav
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Although the future is mentioned frequently in overarching aims and visions, and it is a major drive in the daily work of archaeological heritage managers and indeed heritage professionals more generally, it remains unclear precisely how an overall commitment to the future can best inform specific heritage practices. It seems that most archaeologists and other heritage professionals cannot easily express how they conceive of the future they work for, and how their work will impact on that future. The future tends to remain implicit in daily practice which operates in a continuing, rolling present. The authors argue that this needs to change because present-day heritage management may be much less beneficial for the future than we commonly expect.
AB - Although the future is mentioned frequently in overarching aims and visions, and it is a major drive in the daily work of archaeological heritage managers and indeed heritage professionals more generally, it remains unclear precisely how an overall commitment to the future can best inform specific heritage practices. It seems that most archaeologists and other heritage professionals cannot easily express how they conceive of the future they work for, and how their work will impact on that future. The future tends to remain implicit in daily practice which operates in a continuing, rolling present. The authors argue that this needs to change because present-day heritage management may be much less beneficial for the future than we commonly expect.
KW - Archaeological practice
KW - conservation ethos
KW - future consciousness
KW - heritage futures
UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2017.1406398
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85043487098&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00438243.2017.1406398
DO - 10.1080/00438243.2017.1406398
M3 - Article
VL - 49
SP - 639
EP - 647
JO - World Archaeology
JF - World Archaeology
SN - 0043-8243
IS - 5
ER -