23rd August 2011, 11:02 AM
Can Colin dance better than Owen?
I once heard Chris Tilley read a very dense paper on the construction of symbolic meaning, then later the same day fail comprehensively to perform the sequence of four symbols required in the song YMCA. Whether this has anything useful to tell us about the relationship between theory and practice I sincerely doubt, but it did make me laugh so hard I nearly fell off my bar stool.
Does anyone else have any poorly-attributed comparisons between notable archaeologists or archaeological theories, and seventies dancefloor classics?
I once heard Chris Tilley read a very dense paper on the construction of symbolic meaning, then later the same day fail comprehensively to perform the sequence of four symbols required in the song YMCA. Whether this has anything useful to tell us about the relationship between theory and practice I sincerely doubt, but it did make me laugh so hard I nearly fell off my bar stool.
Does anyone else have any poorly-attributed comparisons between notable archaeologists or archaeological theories, and seventies dancefloor classics?