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Which future are archaeological heritage managers working for? What can we learn from nuclear waste management? Read more in a paper now published and available in open access for all: Anders Högberg, Cornelius Holtorf, Sarah May & Gustav Wollentz (2018): No future in archaeological heritage management? World Archaeology 49 (5), available in open access at https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2017.1406398 ABSTRACT 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. --- Cornelius Holtorf Heritage Futures I Archaeology School of Cultural Sciences Linnaeus University 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden http://www.lnu.se<http://www.lnu.se/> http://web.comhem.se/cornelius -------------------------- contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events in contemporary and historical archaeology, and for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group. ------- For email subscription options see: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html ------- Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates: http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk --------------------------