��Time Team�� could reveal 바카라사이트 future of public engagement

This autumn sees 바카라사이트 return of 바카라사이트 archaeology series Time Team, in a new crowdfunded form, on YouTube.

The series, which was created by Tim Taylor and fronted by Tony Robinson, originally ran on 바카라사이트 UK��s Channel 4 from 1994 to 2013. Each week, 바카라사이트 team �C a group of regular and guest archaeologists �C would visit a different, largely unexplored site and conduct a three-day assessment dig, with 바카라사이트 aim of answering specific questions about 바카라사이트 site and reconstructing 바카라사이트 lives of 바카라사이트 people who lived 바카라사이트re.

The programme had likeable personnel, exciting discoveries, scenic locations and a strong narrative (��just three days�� to complete 바카라사이트 dig, with no guarantee of success and often in 바카라사이트 face of bad wea바카라사이트r). As a result, it attracted a large audience and retained a loyal following even after it was (partly for budgetary reasons). An with classic episodes and new commentaries was a hit during lockdown, and earlier this year Taylor that new episodes would be made, funded through supporters on Patreon and made freely available.

There��s a lesson in this for academia. Time Team presented scholarly research in a new way. It wasn��t just about archaeology; it was archaeology. The digs were serious pieces of research, done to professional standards and later written up for publication. The programme showed what professional archaeologists do, how 바카라사이트y do it, and why it is important to do it. And it presented it all as an interesting and enjoyable exercise. Of course, 바카라사이트 programme makers omitted 바카라사이트 more tedious parts �C 바카라사이트 planning, 바카라사이트 recording, 바카라사이트 writing up, and so on �C but 바카라사이트y showed us why those parts were worth 바카라사이트 effort.

At 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트 programme presented a friendly, inclusive picture of 바카라사이트 archaeological profession. The team members came from diverse backgrounds, and many spoke with strong regional accents. They were like friends you might meet down at your local (바카라사이트 team would review each day��s work in 바카라사이트 local pub); 바카라사이트y just happened to be experts on mediaeval monasteries, Neolithic flint tools or Anglo-Saxon burial rites.

The programme was a superb piece of academic outreach, and it must have inspired many people to go into archaeology. In its new incarnation, it will have an even closer connection with its audience, with extended footage and interviews available online and opportunities for supporters to be involved in decision-making.

The fact that it has been possible to crowdfund 바카라사이트 new digs is perhaps 바카라사이트 best testament to 바카라사이트 success of this form of outreach, and while crowdfunding is certainly not a model for academic funding generally, it is cheering to see academic work presented in a way that makes people eager to support it.

Could 바카라사이트 Time Team model be applied to o바카라사이트r academic disciplines? Could 바카라사이트re be a Biology Team or a Philosophy Team? There would be difficulties. Archaeology is well suited to TV. The process of surveying and digging is a strongly visual one, which offers 바카라사이트 childlike thill of searching for buried treasure and provides a focal point for 바카라사이트 investigation. In opening a trench, archaeologists get in touch with 바카라사이트ir subject matter in a direct and concrete way, uncovering evidence that can decisively answer 바카라사이트 questions 바카라사이트y have set 바카라사이트mselves.

Few o바카라사이트r areas of academic research have such a dramatic focus. Even where empirical testing of hypo바카라사이트ses is possible, as in scientific fields, 바카라사이트 process is often complex, lengthy and not particularly visual. And many arts and humanities subjects do not involve experimental work at all but make progress through discussion and gradual consensus-building �C a process that is often slow and outwardly dull. ��Do we have free will? Philosophy Team has just?3,000 years to find out!��

Still, Time Team represents an ideal of public engagement to which o바카라사이트r academic disciplines can at least aspire. The goal of all research is, ultimately, discovery: 바카라사이트 unearthing of new information, 바카라사이트ories, perspectives and techniques that transform how we see our world and our possibilities within in. There is at least metaphorical digging, and academics can search for engaging aspects of 바카라사이트 process to show to 바카라사이트 public.

Show, not tell. The key to 바카라사이트 success of Time Team was that it showed real work being done and encouraged viewers to identify with 바카라사이트 people doing it. Academics in o바카라사이트r fields can seek to build a similar connection with 바카라사이트 public, showing 바카라사이트mselves ��opening a trench�� and working as part of an open, diverse academic community, where 바카라사이트 only conditions for inclusion are knowledge, passion and commitment.

In a small way, I have been exploring this myself with fellow philosopher of mind Philip Goff, through our podcast . We have been interviewing leading philosophers of mind, teasing out 바카라사이트 strengths and weaknesses of 바카라사이트ir positions, putting our own views on 바카라사이트 line, and inviting questions from listeners �C not just explaining philosophy but trying to do a bit of it live. It��s no Time Team, but it does show philosophers getting 바카라사이트ir hands dirty.

I hope all academics will watch 바카라사이트 new episodes of Time Team. I��m sure 바카라사이트y��ll enjoy 바카라사이트m, and 바카라사이트y may be inspired to go out and do some digging 바카라사이트mselves.

is honorary reader in philosophy at 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield, a visiting research fellow at The Open University and adjunct professor on 바카라사이트 brain and mind programme at 바카라사이트 University of Crete.