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Do academics feel like it's important to bring the normies up to speed on what they know or don't know? It seems like a good opportunity for an enterprising es
by kodyo 4y ago
Do academics feel like it's important to bring the normies up to speed on what they know or don't know?
It seems like a good opportunity for an enterprising establishment figure to step up and explain why the Hancock idea is wrong. Preferably with an argument that's better than "he's not an archaeologist plus he's probably racist because that's what I'm afraid of being called so that's what I'll call him."
I'd watch that.
- jcranmer 4y agoActually, yes they do, in large part. The problem is that the people who produce the documentaries don't want to make "let's talk about modern archaeology" documentaries--they think lay audiences won't lap it up, and so instead want to shift everything to "crusader against orthodox archaeology" (which usually means something akin to Hancock or Ancient Aliens) instead.
- AlotOfReading 4y agoThey have on many, many occasions. Here's an example: the Nov 2019 special edition of the SAA magazine [1] is dedicated almost entirely to debunking some of Hancock's claims in a recent book and explaining why they're so problematic in context. The reason you're probably not aware of things like this is that public awareness of the discussion is very one-sided. People like Hancock are fantastic at getting their narrative into the public consciousness. Good academics (almost inherently) are not. [1] http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=634462 http://onlinedigeditions.com/publication/?i=634462