Director of the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at ANU, Prof Laurajane Smith, and the Eric Martin, Heritage Architect and Council member of the National Trusts of Australia (ACT) are interviewed by William Bullock Jenkins about the future of Australia's heritage - in the context of Australia's first Heritage Strategy being released late in 2014.
The idea that 'all heritage is intangible' highlights the tension between the lived reality of what is significant to communities and history, and management regimes which primarily fund fabric preservation. A national strategy is welcomed, but getting its settings right is crucial. This topic was the theme of the 2014 ACT & Region Heritage Partnership Symposium, held at ANU in Canberra on 19 July 2014. Recordings of the presentations and discussion at the Symposium are now available from the Canberra Archaeological Society website by clicking here at symposium.cas.asn.au/2014.html