Few would dispute the significance of ruins found in most of the world’s ancient settlements. But easy answers are harder to come by in modern America when a structure is destroyed at merely 200 years old, in a rural location, during a bad economy.

In this Heritage Blogger profile, conservator Dan Cull of the appropriately named “Dan Cull Weblog” examines how blogging has helped him become a more confident and culturally aware person. He also calls for a new organizational model for conservation built on collaboration and interdisciplinary discourse.