Date: Friday, 26 September 2008
Time: 13:30–15:00
Session Chairs: Jody Steele & Tim Owen
Contact: Jody Steele or Tim Owen for inquiries or more details |
| Far from a new concept, Public Archaeology has been actively practiced by archaeologists around the world for over thirty years. In recent years however, it has become a very hot topic. Archaeologists now regularly share tales of projects with successful public components, discuss how the popular media misrepresents the discipline and how the press always go with the cheesy headline instead of the story title suggested in the media release. With this in mind, is it perhaps time that we as professionals and practitioners stopped merely sharing our success stories and complaining about how misunderstood we are, and start being a little creative about how else we can be "public" about archaeology? This session invites presenters to discuss new and innovative ways that archaeology can be disseminated to a greater audience. The Chairs invite you to share your insight into what the general public expect from archaeology as a discipline and from archaeological professionals.
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