4th September 2006, 08:49 PM
I'm more than happy to help with press-type stuff and my anarchist's pen is poised like a tightly-coiled spring. Media attention is great, especially if it exposes bad practice, but it comes with baggage. Archaeologists have to ask themselves if they're ready for media attention, too. Reporters will say things like, "It just looks like a stone to me. Can you find something 'sexier', like a Viking helmet or a skeleton or something?" And photographers will want some action shots, a-la Indiana Jones. OK, I'm being a bit harsh but you get the idea.
You sound well-prepared, Badger. While you're talking to the MSPs, can you ask them if they still intend to drop history from the Scottish school curriculum? How are we supposed to get the public to take archaeology seriously when the Executive can't even recognise history as a discipline? Hmph. A damn outrage. Oh, and from a press point of view, the social regeneration bit about communities finding their past is slick, very slick...[8D]
You sound well-prepared, Badger. While you're talking to the MSPs, can you ask them if they still intend to drop history from the Scottish school curriculum? How are we supposed to get the public to take archaeology seriously when the Executive can't even recognise history as a discipline? Hmph. A damn outrage. Oh, and from a press point of view, the social regeneration bit about communities finding their past is slick, very slick...[8D]