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Dear Sirs,

You appear to be saying the Time Capsule issue has two competing sides. I beg to differ. Could you please point to the conservation authority for the pro-capsule sentiment.

You further suggest the capsule is an issue to be balanced against alleged benefits it brings in terms of local participation. Please explain where this view is supported in conservation conventions.

Please explain which part of your two statutory duties - a. to protect and b. to learn is being utilised to authorise you to proceed with putting a time capsule inside a scheduled monument.

How does your intention measure up to ASLAN and other charters which express the general sentiment "leave only footprints" etc

Will your action impact upon how the general public behave towards sites in future?

Please justify your intention relative to the following 6 principles in Burra -

"Conservation may, according to circumstance, include the processes of: retention or reintroduction of a use; retention of associations and meanings; maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction, adaptation and interpretation; and will commonly include a combination of more than one of these. "
(NB time capsules ain’t retention or reintroduction of a use, they’re inventing a new one)

"Change may be necessary to retain cultural significance, but is undesirable where it reduces cultural significance. The amount of change to a place should be guided by the cultural significance of the place and its appropriate interpretation."
(NB Time capsules impose new cultural significance not retain existing)

"Restoration and reconstruction should reveal culturally significant aspects of the place."
(NB not add new aspects)

"Significant associations between people and a place should be respected, retained and not obscured."
(NB, but not newly added)

"Written statements of cultural significance and policy for the place should be prepared, justified and accompanied by supporting evidence. The statements of significance and policy should be incorporated into a management plan for the place. "
(NB, so if you’re going to go ahead and impose new cultural significance the public could do with a detailed written justification – which currently is absent from the Management Plan)

"Groups and individuals with associations with a place as well as those involved in its management should be provided with opportunities to contribute to and participate in understanding the cultural significance of the place. Where appropriate they should also have opportunities to participate in its conservation and management."
(NB, “to contribute and to participate”. Are you seriously interpreting that to mean “put stuff inside”? Surely not?)

Cheers.


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nigelswift
Posted by nigelswift
6th June 2007ce
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