Unit as you are obviously interested in the past (you cannot possibly be doing it for the money as anything else would pay more than freelance digging!) why do you make the assumption that the majority of the general public don't at least have a curiosity about it? I like the football analogy, it's a game I don't understand don't particularly enjoy but can appreciate that for others it is a driving passion. There are even occasions when I can see the skill involved in the game. I would support everybody's right to be able to enjoy it and do understand its cultural imperative.
I have spent many years working on projects that have involved the public and volunteers and have only meet one person who was genuinely not interested at all in the past and they at least appreciated that others might have an interest.
What I have found is that the general public have no idea how the past is protected in this country. Most naively assume that it is protected without any knowledge of what that protection actually means. They are genuinely shocked when historic buildings, landscapes and sites disappear under development and they realise too little was done too late.That's where we need to educate and get the public involved (see the CBA job currently advertised on BAJR)
I have spent many years working on projects that have involved the public and volunteers and have only meet one person who was genuinely not interested at all in the past and they at least appreciated that others might have an interest.
What I have found is that the general public have no idea how the past is protected in this country. Most naively assume that it is protected without any knowledge of what that protection actually means. They are genuinely shocked when historic buildings, landscapes and sites disappear under development and they realise too little was done too late.That's where we need to educate and get the public involved (see the CBA job currently advertised on BAJR)