Promoting the Profession

Michael Dawson PhD, FSA, MCIfA is editor of the journal The Historic Environment Policy and Practice, former Director of Heritage at CgMs, at RPS, and latterly TetraTech. He was Chair of the IFA between 2004 and 2008. During the late 1980s and 1990s he was a senior Project Manager with Bedfordshire County Archaeology. His research interests include the relationship between policy and practice in the historic environment, institutional agency, the Romans in Britain and Romania (Dacia) and Roman urbanism. At Oxford University he wrote his DPhil on the spectacle and display of Britain’s mosaic pavements in contemporary exhibition.Gerry Wait PhD, FSA, MCIfA is an archaeologist, anthropologist and heritage consultant. His work has focussed on finding ways to make the past relevant to people and communities in building their future. He has undertaken heritage assessments for Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) in many countries and developed considerable experience in conservation management planning. Gerry has engaged extensively with professional practice and ethics, serving CIfA as Treasurer and then as Honorary Chair for two terms.

• Acknowledgements List of Contributors Chapter 1: Introduction – Michael Dawson, Gerry WaitChapter 2: Archaeology, Heritage, and Sustainability: From Strategic Imperative to Operational Challenge – Hana MorelChapter 3: The Importance of Professional Ethics and Professional Standards – Gerry WaitChapter 4: Professional Ethics in Defence of Democratic Society – Kenneth AitchisonChapter 5: Heritage Innovation: Professionalism, Ethics, and Automation – Paul BelfordChapter 6: Public Benefit in Archaeology: Considering Archaeology for Health and Wellbeing – Linda MoncktonChapter 7: The Politics of Heritage – Adrian OlivierChapter 8: Looking to the Future – Roger ThomasChapter 9: The Origins, Development, and Future of CIfA’s Code of Conduct – Joe AbramsChapter 10: The Quiet Revolution: PPS5 Transitions and Archaeological Practice – Jan Wills, Stewart Bryant, Rob Lennox, Alex Llewellyn, Tim HowardChapter 11: London, PARIS, Southport, and CIRIA – A Grand Tour – Taryn NixonChapter 12: Big Issues Small Profession: ‘Social Value’ and CIfA – Andrea BradleyChapter 13: Striving for Professionalism in the United States – Christopher D. Dore, Terry H. KleinChapter 14: Quality Assurance in Dutch Archaeology: 25 Years of Challenge – Wilfried A.M. HessingChapter 15: Going International: CIfA Deutschland, a Reflective Review – Michaela Schauer, Diane Scherzler, Frank Siegmund, Gerry WaitChapter 16: From the Editor’s Desk: 15 Years of The Historic Environment Policy and Practice – Michael DawsonChapter 17: A Decade of Evolution: Commercial Archaeology and the Demands of Major Infrastructure – Stuart JoyceChapter 18: Enhancing Community Wellbeing: Exploring Military Veterans’ Engagement with Heritage – Dickie Bennett, Richard Osgood, Phil Abramson, Alex SotheranChapter 19: APPAG, Advocacy and Archaeology – Mike HeyworthChapter 20: The Rewley Road Railway Swing Bridge, Oxford: Stewardship of an Historic Asset – Tom HassallIndex

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