This morning I received a nice email from Kurt Knoerl, about my adding his blog to my blogroll. His email pointed out to me that the blog is only part of an exciting larger plan to make the results of underwater archaeology available to the public. This is my favorite kind of website, and he was kind enough to allow me to repost his email in full:
Thank you for mentioning our new blog Underwater Blogger on your website. We recently redesigned our entire Museum of Underwater Archaeology website and added the blog and another section called "In The Field." That section is comprised of brief descriptions of on going projects rather than our other full--length exhibits which take longer to produce. The blog section is open to all topics but will primarily focus on discussions about what it takes to put research online where the public can access it. To that end we will discuss tools for web development, design ideas, other good web examples, etc.
I'd like to clarify one point. While I am an underwater archaeologist (MA from East Carolina University and a PhD student at George Mason) I am not exhibiting my own projects here. My goal was to encourage others who don't have the time, money, or skill-set to use our services to do that (at no cost). I am passionate in my belief that we as underwater archaeologists must reach out to the public and share our work with them, get them as excited as we are, and enlist them in our efforts to preserve our submerged cultural resources. The best way to reach as many people as possible is via the Internet. This is the whole point behind our museum. I believe we as underwater archaeologists do not spend enough time teaching future archaeologists to do that. We spend so much time writing for each other that we risk losing the hearts and minds of the public to treasure hunters who thrive on reaching out with their romanticized tales of gold.
T Kurt Knoerl
Managing Director
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
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