Urban Archeology Quandary: Reveal the Contents of a Closed Tiki Environ Or Not? - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 4:56 PM Find an entrepreneur who has the money to actually revive the place as is !? Yeah, right... From my point of view, the photo-documenting is the right idea. And the dollar sign in the eyes danger is very real (see what happened to the contents of the Chin Tiki), and so is the looting by Tiki maniacs. But there are also examples of places having been kept a secret and then having closed and all the artifacts vanished without ONE Tikiphile getting a chance to give the stuff a good home. A real conundrum, and I appreciate that you A.) are aware of the pitfalls, and B.) are going public on TC with it. What I do in a situation like this is pick ethically responsible and financially capable members of the Tiki community in the area, inform them about the place and its sanctified, taboo status, possibly taking them on a tour, just in order to help secure the place's artifacts when its time comes. I have had good experiences with that so far, with no competition or jealousy spoiling it for everyone.

Find an entrepreneur who has the money to actually revive the place as is !?
Yeah, right...

From my point of view, the photo-documenting is the right idea. And the dollar sign in the eyes danger is very real (see what happened to the contents of the Chin Tiki), and so is the looting by Tiki maniacs. But there are also examples of places having been kept a secret and then having closed and all the artifacts vanished without ONE Tikiphile getting a chance to give the stuff a good home. A real conundrum, and I appreciate that you A.) are aware of the pitfalls, and B.) are going public on TC with it.

What I do in a situation like this is pick ethically responsible and financially capable members of the Tiki community in the area, inform them about the place and its sanctified, taboo status, possibly taking them on a tour, just in order to help secure the place's artifacts when its time comes. I have had good experiences with that so far, with no competition or jealousy spoiling it for everyone.

Post #504242 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Jan 13, 2010 4:56 PM