Comments for Past Thinking http://www.pastthinking.com/blog Where Past Meets Future Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:07:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Why close the Textile Conservation Centre? by Conservation and communication at Past Thinking 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). [...]

]]> Comment on The National Trust goes digital - Some news and some ideas by Conservation and communication at Past Thinking http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47698 Conservation and communication at Past Thinking Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:43:34 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47698 [...] Tom blogged about the prospect of the National Trust’s massive investment into digital technologies, including the web. Electric Acorns is a great new blog started by a an NT employee and devoted to peeling back some [...] [...] Tom blogged about the prospect of the National Trust’s massive investment into digital technologies, including the web. Electric Acorns is a great new blog started by a an NT employee and devoted to peeling back some [...]

]]> Comment on The National Trust goes digital - Some news and some ideas by Other blogs « thoughts from inside Britain’s National Trust http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47696 Other blogs « thoughts from inside Britain’s National Trust Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:26:28 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47696 [...] the most interesting blog where we get a mention is Past Thinking, which I’m going to have to explore in more depth. The entry that dragged me to it was one [...] [...] the most interesting blog where we get a mention is Past Thinking, which I’m going to have to explore in more depth. The entry that dragged me to it was one [...]

]]> Comment on Another theory about how Stonehenge was built by Dean Talboys http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2007/08/22/another-theory-about-how-stonehenge-was-built/#comment-47694 Dean Talboys Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:04:32 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2007/08/22/another-theory-about-how-stonehenge-was-built/#comment-47694 All research is aimed at proving the site built in the late Neolithic, which it most certainly was not. R. J. C. Atkinson unwittingly stumbled upon a feature that will prove the site to be much older than anticipated (yes, 'anticipated' because you can't date a site on the fragile evidence of two bits of bone spaced 2,000 years apart or the cremated remains of a person who didn't burn to death in situ). All research is aimed at proving the site built in the late Neolithic, which it most certainly was not. R. J. C. Atkinson unwittingly stumbled upon a feature that will prove the site to be much older than anticipated (yes, ‘anticipated’ because you can’t date a site on the fragile evidence of two bits of bone spaced 2,000 years apart or the cremated remains of a person who didn’t burn to death in situ).

]]> Comment on The National Trust goes digital - Some news and some ideas by Matthew http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47692 Matthew Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:52:12 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47692 Thos investment is in place and the team is being built, but be warned, we move at a glacial pace. So in the meantime, I'm experimenting with blogging as a way to open a door for the virtual community to the inner workings of the Trust. It's early days, but take a look. Thos investment is in place and the team is being built, but be warned, we move at a glacial pace. So in the meantime, I’m experimenting with blogging as a way to open a door for the virtual community to the inner workings of the Trust.
It’s early days, but take a look.

]]> Comment on More Creative Commons Archaeology Data by Mia http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/29/more-creative-commons-archaeology-data/#comment-47690 Mia Fri, 30 May 2008 15:04:06 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/?p=222#comment-47690 Nice one! I'd love to hear more about how it's used as people discover it. Nice one! I’d love to hear more about how it’s used as people discover it.

]]> Comment on Heathrow T5 archaeology data released under Creative Commons by More Creative Commons Archaeology Data at Past Thinking http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2007/08/17/heathrow-t5-archaeology-data-released-under-creative-commons/#comment-47685 More Creative Commons Archaeology Data at Past Thinking Thu, 29 May 2008 11:18:58 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2007/08/17/heathrow-t5-archaeology-data-released-under-creative-commons/#comment-47685 [...] excavation data for Heathrow Terminal 5 was released by Framework Archaeology in a similar way last [...] [...] excavation data for Heathrow Terminal 5 was released by Framework Archaeology in a similar way last [...]

]]> Comment on Another theory about how Stonehenge was built by Ric http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2007/08/22/another-theory-about-how-stonehenge-was-built/#comment-47681 Ric Thu, 22 May 2008 18:27:55 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2007/08/22/another-theory-about-how-stonehenge-was-built/#comment-47681 The aliens built the Stonehenge most probably by their vehicles lifting the stones. Eat that! The aliens built the Stonehenge most probably by their vehicles lifting the stones. Eat that!

]]> Comment on The National Trust goes digital - Some news and some ideas by Devon Ellington http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47680 Devon Ellington Wed, 21 May 2008 15:27:13 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/05/14/the-national-trust-goes-digital-some-news-and-some-ideas/#comment-47680 That's excellent news. I adore the National Trust. Whenever I come to the UK, I usually rent a holiday cottage and then visit every property in the area, or, if I'm staying with friends, spend as much time learning about local properties as possible. Thanks for sharing! That’s excellent news. I adore the National Trust. Whenever I come to the UK, I usually rent a holiday cottage and then visit every property in the area, or, if I’m staying with friends, spend as much time learning about local properties as possible.

Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on Past Horizons online archaeology magazine by Maggie http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/14/past-horizons-online-archaeology-magazine/#comment-47679 Maggie Thu, 15 May 2008 14:32:34 +0000 http://www.pastthinking.com/blog/2008/03/14/past-horizons-online-archaeology-magazine/#comment-47679 Just to let you know the second edition of Past Horizons Magazine is now online. The contents include The Battle of Culloden, Saveock Animal Pits and Israeli Settler group using archaeology for their own ends, and lots more... www.pasthorizons.com/magazine Thanks Maggie Just to let you know the second edition of Past Horizons Magazine is now online.

The contents include The Battle of Culloden, Saveock Animal Pits and Israeli Settler group using archaeology for their own ends, and lots more…

http://www.pasthorizons.com/magazine

Thanks
Maggie

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