Sunday, November 4, 2007

"Flash Gorman" discussed on Unidroit

Alice Gorman's controversial astronaut poop interview has surfaced on a Yahoo! discussion group for collectors called Unidroit:
This really is intended as a serious proposal, however that might strike the non-archaeologist. It may become something of a tough sell though, since expanding the current academic perspective that archaeology has first claim upon all artifacts in the world, to also include everything in the entire universe, is rather a breathtaking leap - especially when the term "artifact" is applied so broadly as to include things like human waste.
Here's another follow up thread: Collectable space debris is or is not cultural property?.
1) Is "space junk" something that should be considered "cultural property?"

2) Every discipline must have some recognized limits. What should humanity recognize as being the limits of archaeology - spatial, cultural, legal and temporal?
"Is it true that radical archaeologists want to control the universe?"

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