http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/ Where Past Meets Future Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47699 Conservation and communication at Past Thinking Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:49:03 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47699 [...] Institutions involved with promoting, undertaking or advising on the conservation of historic environments and artefacts are not great at communicating their work. I often wonder, if they were, whether the tensions between access and preservation could be better ‘managed’ (to use a phrase en vogue) but at the very least, better understood by the wider public, and whether funders and politicians would regard conservation as being a cultural activity of the highest value to society and therefore less willing to withdraw or withold support (see my post on the Textile Conservation Centre’s closure). [...] [...] Institutions involved with promoting, undertaking or advising on the conservation of historic environments and artefacts are not great at communicating their work. I often wonder, if they were, whether the tensions between access and preservation could be better ‘managed’ (to use a phrase en vogue) but at the very least, better understood by the wider public, and whether funders and politicians would regard conservation as being a cultural activity of the highest value to society and therefore less willing to withdraw or withold support (see my post on the Textile Conservation Centre’s closure). [...]

]]> http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47649 fleur fulcher Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:57:25 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47649 hello, i found this site through a google search as i am currently writing about the TCC's closure as part of my major project at university (i am doing a journalism degree), would you mind if i quoted you in it? my email address is fleurfulcher@h*** (removed by the editor) hello, i found this site through a google search as i am currently writing about the TCC’s closure as part of my major project at university (i am doing a journalism degree), would you mind if i quoted you in it?
my email address is fleurfulcher@h*** (removed by the editor)

]]> http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47629 Save the Textile Conservation Centre » Why close the Textile Conservation Centre? Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:52:39 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47629 [...] Tehmina Goskar at Past Thinking Conservation has been high in my thoughts recently. Largely through my current work with ICOMOS-UK [...] [...] Tehmina Goskar at Past Thinking Conservation has been high in my thoughts recently. Largely through my current work with ICOMOS-UK [...]

]]> http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47626 Vidi « Archaeoastronomy Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:01:28 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/12/why-close-the-textile-conservation-centre/#comment-47626 [...] Why close the Textile Conservation Centre? at Past Thinking Another HE closure and another petition. It’s depressingly regular. I’ll blog at more length about why this is a loss. [...] [...] Why close the Textile Conservation Centre? at Past Thinking Another HE closure and another petition. It’s depressingly regular. I’ll blog at more length about why this is a loss. [...]

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