30th April 2009, 08:01 PM
I dug at Bamburgh as a student in 2007 and was really impressed by what they're doing with the media department and the idea of a different way of recording what we do.
The media monkeys on the dig are media students from york uni and generally arrive with absolutely no idea about archaeology so its quite rewarding seeing them go away with a bit more of an interest and understanding of what we do.
the only downside from a digger's point of view is that they arrive for three week spells during a ten week summer, so in week three they're conducting quite well informed interviews, then in week four it's a new batch of students and the questions are back to "so... er... what are you doing?"
Stephen!
The media monkeys on the dig are media students from york uni and generally arrive with absolutely no idea about archaeology so its quite rewarding seeing them go away with a bit more of an interest and understanding of what we do.
the only downside from a digger's point of view is that they arrive for three week spells during a ten week summer, so in week three they're conducting quite well informed interviews, then in week four it's a new batch of students and the questions are back to "so... er... what are you doing?"
Stephen!