Archaeological Ethics
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2024
- Go check out @daskalosBCE's video • An Archaeologist react...
As a response to my video which you can find here: • Dark Routes Ep. 1: The...
And here is some further reading on archaeological ethics check out the SAA website: www.saa.org/career-practice/e...
Hey, man! Excellent stuff! Everyone should take note that this is how we should conduct discourse on youtube, with civility and professionalism. Keep spreading the good word and fighting the good fight!
It's you! The guy he talked to! Hai! 😸
@@ecocodex4431 yes, its me! Hello!
Hey dasko. thanks for pointing out the mistakes on your video. if you wouldn't have done that I would of made the same mistake! cheers! have a good Holiday
thank you for making your hard earned expertise available for free on youtube. I think teaching each other is one of the coolest things humans do.
Thank you for reviewing his work and furthering archaeology and archaeology communication in the process!
Not only did Milo admit his missteps, he made it a point to formally read the code of Archaeological Ethics in front of the whole class as punishment. Well played Milo.
Is that a common punishment for bad little archeologists?
@@snippie6 I have no idea, I fix cars for a living.
I was gonna write it 100 times on the wall but didnt have the room
@@miniminuteman773 If the general theme of these videos doesn't justify the purchase of a massive blackboard, at the very least, that does.
That's quitter talk. @@miniminuteman773
Everyone makes mistakes. Not everyone recognizes it and tries to better themselves.
I stopped watching Rare Earth when you made a video about why you would continue to use BC/AC after receiving feedback that you should use BCE/CE. Has your stance changed on that?
@theMoporter God you are a pedantic little guy aren't you 😂
@@theMoporter lol I had completely forgotten about that - I didn't make a video about it I made a joke about how it flowed better in a sentence
@@RareEarthSeriesglad to see you handled that well. As a secular humanist and atheist, I can understand why people react so strongly to these terms but there really should be no controversy over which anyone chooses to use. To negate our history or culture, especially in such insignificant cases, because of religious underpinnings, feels like a battle we shouldn't care to pick. Whichever term you use, your message is clear. There are more important things to spend our time on.
@@theMoporterare you using the same calendar as the rest of us? Do you know its history? Do you call this the year 2024? Do you avoid channels that acknowledge Christmas?
after watching james somerton's disingenuous, accountability-avoiding, blame-displacing, manipulative "apology" yesterday this is very refreshing. thanks for responding and using it as an opportunity to teach your audience more about archaeology! you're a real one :)
what did he do?
@@gard3boi311 nearly every video essay he's ever put on CZcams was plagiarized from dozens of other creators
Moreover he was a queer video essayist who apparently tried to represent queer people more but plagiarised from actual underrepresented queer writers,which is incredibly harmful and contributes even more to the underrepresentation of lgbtq+ people
Also he's pretty mysogynistic and frequently has random kinda mysogynist segments in his videos,which is the only not stolen things his videos have
There's quite a lot more and hbomberguy's plagiarism video's main half goes very in depth
I love how so many of the official code bullet points boil down to "Don't be the British Museum"
@Cemi_Mhikku - So very sadly true!
Yea, on behalf of the British government, sorry
(I'm not in government but the Tories won't admit to doing stuff wrong, they will just double and triple down so)
It's refreshing to see people genuinely interested in accuracy, best practices, and working together to sort out the facts (as best as we can understand them at the time) and willing to admit and correct missteps
Only seen on a couple channels, I think Tom Scott did it and Drachinifel.
Proper scientific methods are neat, aren't they?
A true man of science
As per genuine scientific enquiry. Top marks to Milo for doing this in the public domain, it shows people who aren't exposed to it how scientific discussion works.
Definitely a polar opposite compared to pseudoscience and conspiracy theory peddlers.
Not only fully owning up to your shortcomings, but also putting in a plan of action to prevent further issues. A level of class i'd never expect from a man in a plaid shirt, trenchcoat, and a beanie o7.
With the lack of personal accountability in the CZcams sphere right now, this was a breath of fresh air. Thank you for handling this so gracefully and using it as a vehicle to educate your audience. I continue to respect the hell out of you.
It’s hard when you build a large audience to learn and make mistakes publicly, but all you can do is take the advice and smash the next project.
You both convey a passionate dedication to the topics you cover and are always adding more layers to the knowledge strata.
If Milo and Milo catch up in 2024, please coax the spoon into making a cheeky cameo appearance
I love both of your guys’ videos, should def work together in the next year or two I think you guys would fit well together
Still hoping for the Milo^2 crossover event 🤞
Of all the science creators I know, Milo, you’re the one I would most expect an errata episode from. Something not even Eons or SciShow can be bothered to do. SciShow is one of the worst offenders, relatively frequently spreading pop science bs or worse, socially-based pseudoscience, to their audience and to this day I am not aware of a single correction or retraction on their part.
Stefan.... Loved your channel long time!
I'm so excited for season two of Awful Archaeology.
Archaeology 2
Awfulawology 2
YASS
2 Awful 2 Archaeology
Awesome job owning your mistakes and learning from them. Also great book so far.
As a native New Mexican, I know each of the places you visited. They are breathtaking. You cruising them in a road trip has inspired me. I haven’t been to those sites for a long time. After the holidays have passed, I am headed there on my own solo journey. I couldn’t go on either of the other trips last year, but I can cruise my historic state and enjoy that.
Stay humble. Humility is probably the only reason I come back to this channel time after time. Nothing turns me off of an ‘expert’ more than seeing someone who can’t say “I don’t know.”
It’s wild how much my respect for this man grows with every video of his I watch. He heard that someone had criticism for him and immediately was like “oh great, I wanna hear it.” Then when he heard it he took it as a lesson and decided to right away strive to be better. Milo, you’re a fucking legend.
Takes a really big person to do that.
He is frankly a paragon of Due Process.
He is obviously geared to be a good archaeologist and archeologist communicator
@@headlessspaceman5681 I don't want to undermine the praise for Milo since it is deserved but this is also just the standard in all of academia, you will not very very far if you're not willing to listen to criticism in academia and this is usually why pseudos don't get very far and get shunned by the archeological community.
its so good to see people who are able to just admit that they were wrong, it shows genuine strength 👍
And maturity not bad for a 24 year old@
Well said.
This man would be a great dad
I forgot that Milo is an environmental scientist, that is one of the fields I have been thinking about going into. I am only a freshmen in high school but Milo has inspired me to follow my dreams instead of my parents dreams for me. Thank you Milo’s for all that you do for this community :)
(p.s. I live in Vermont and I’m glad you like the state so much :))
Unless your dreams are something like selling drugs or trafficing stolen cars, definitely pursue what will be fulfilling for you. Doing what will make other people happy will most likely leave you unsatisfied, unfulfilled, and miserable.
Follow those dreams, Bridget. You will be happier and your work will benefit from your passion for the subject. The world will need good environmental scientists in decades to come. ✌🖖
Follow your heart.
Brilliant to see someone receiving constructive criticism in a respectful way and correct their mistakes.
You are a good academic Milo
Big respect to Milo. Situations like this are where a person's level of integrity becomes very apparent, and this man has yet again proved himself to be a gentleman and a scholar.
"having the right info out there is more important than my pride" thats the kinda shit i love to see
Love that this wasn't an "youtuber apology video", genuinely. I love how you just genuinely went, welp I did this, it was a mistake, don't do this stuff and this is what you should do. Genuinely really nice.
I remember seeing you touch pots and stuff and thinking to myself “your not supposed to do that.” Good on you for correcting yourself so publicly
It takes a real man to admit he’s wrong it takes a realer one to learn from it 👍
Realer? 😅 Whats realer than real?
@@Tomichika ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT 🎙️
@@tiffanymarie9750 OKAY NOW LADIES
So where does fo rizzle lay in all this ?
@@towerofgodfan4107 not a hallucination, instead a faint whisper on the wind /j
Respect. Im from the southwest, and when I saw the whole pot shards thing I got a little uncomfortable (being familiar with the etiquette surrounding visiting local indigenous sites) but waved off the concerns as “he’s just not from here and he’ll learn.”
Wasn’t expecting this level of humility, professionalism and overall badassery.
I consider myself apart of that dedicated 200,000, and I am excited to be apart of everything you make moving forward.
PSA: "apart" means "separate"
@rokkraljkolesa9317 in this context, "apart" means "a member of", like "he's apart of congress"
@@kilobucket no, apart means separate
"a part of" on the other hand means what you said
@@rokkraljkolesa9317no one likes a smart ass you knew what he meant
Great video, Milo--it shows real integrity.
I thought I'd mention that another important aspect of the commercialization of archaeology is not just "don't sell this stuff" but also "don't _buy_ this stuff." You don't want to support the international market for archaeological items.
On the topic of criticism, I want to put out a piece of criticism from the perspective of a disabled person who is closely involved with accessibility issues and disabled rights.
When it comes to making the information you have and the content you create as accessible to a wide range of people as possible, something that would improve that accessibility is to properly caption your videos. The auto-generated captions are of poor quality and inaccurate, and taking the time and energy to caption these videos makes a big difference in who can learn from the content you create. This is especially true as you talk about sites and peoples from all around the world, since the english auto-generated captions really butchers names that aren't in English 🫠
Regardless, you make some really quality content and it's nice to see you actually care about ethics and are able to accept criticism, something that a lot of people haven't learned how to do yet. Much love ❤
A couple times I’ve worried about how Milo interacts with some of these field sites, but seeing him take accountability for his mistakes is so reassuring
Same here!
Yeah it was a bit uncomfortable to see, but I trusted him as someone with knowledge and a background in archaeology. At least he admits the mistakes
Same. I was lucky enough to volunteer at a couple digs in the Southwest and I was definitely taught not to move potsherds.
Although I will say how great it is to see Milo take accountability. Shoot when I went to Rome I found pottery sherds and moved them. Now I know how wrong that is thanks to Milo
As a cultural anthro, I think it's a great idea to collab with specialists!
Love your enthusiasm, ethics and ability to learn while teaching. Thanks Milo 💜
pology or pomorphic?????
@@komradekevinthekommuneistd7362If anthropology then technically both
@@komradekevinthekommuneistd7362 lol cultural anthropologist
As an archie myself this is a really important realization for you to have yourself and present to your audience. As one of the members of the committee who wrote the Canadian Archaeological Associations ethics statement, this is something I care deeply about.
As someone who works in northern Ontario, there are many many people who take points and other artifacts from archaeological sites. This is extremely frustrating, because there is limited preservation here, pot hunting or searching with metal detectors can damage the limited information we have.
A recommendation, would it be possible moving forward to enforce these ethical principles on the discord server…I’ve seen lots of people posting artifacts they loot on that server and that shouldn’t be supported.
Thank you for being a good example of what is right with our younger folk today. You do what you know, and when you know better, you do better (M.A.). And in your case, you turn a mistake into a learning experience into a teachable experience; including responsibility, accountability and ethics. That so warms my heart. You kids are going to make some sense of this old world, for certain. Much love from a granny bitten by the archeology/paleoanthropology bug.
Having only just started this video. Let me take my hat off to just another reason I like and respect this young man I have never met. His words. "The correct information getting out there is more important than my pride." (Something to that effect). I stopped the video right there to make this comment because at 43 years old one of the biggest things I see in our failing society is a lack of accountability not just in the young.. no no..this started way before even my time. (I'm sure you all are well aware). Just wanted to point out how much I appreciate this act of accountability! The correct information of course and also the continued content as I seem to have a similar brain as you described having in a previous video. The love of archeology yeah, but humanity and why and how it existed it's art and culture the earth how and why it has formed and reshaped itself along with the weather and just life on our planet as well.. just all things..so yeah rambling sorry and thank you milo. I've shown you to my super sarcastic snarky 5kids who are 25-18 and all seem to enjoy you too
God your so right he is such a great role model to the younger generation. I find that there aren’t enough people connected/relate to the younger generations like him to show what true maturity looks like.
Man I know you are trying to be a good example as a science communicator, and you are, but I'd like to point out that you're also being a great role model as a human being. So many people can't admit when they are wrong or have made a mistake. You not only acknowledge it, you broadcast the correction, shine a spotlight the constructive criticism and stay humble. These things are so hard to do and are core to people being self reflective, and having healthy relationships. You're showing a lot of people who didn't grow up with good role models what it means to be a good person and you should be damn proud of that.
Happy birthday and happy holidays Milo, get plenty of rest. We're all looking forward to what's coming next.
I’m so impressed with your integrity. Archeology is a pet project and I have to live vicariously through creators like you (although you’re my favorite because you’re also quite entertaining). I share your channel with anyone who has the same interests. All I can say is thank you.
I absolutely love your Awful Archaeology series, and I'm super happy it's coming back. But I love these ambitious series you've been tackling and these really neat arcs you're making.
The man, the myth, the archeologist.
It's really good to see people with large public platforms modeling how to graciously accept correction, call out the error, and fix it. The more we can see this happening, the easier it is to do in your own life too.
I always admire your ability to admit to and correct your mistakes. You're an excellent example.
I’ve not studied archaeology in school but ancient cultures are a passion of mine. I’ve moved pot shards before I knew better too. Which I only recently learned not to do this. It’s easy to let my excitement override my common sense. Thanks for sharing the archaeological ethics and your own missteps.
If you are looking for suggestions for other creators to work with, WELSH VIKING! He's seriously underrated on this platform and just the sweetest dude ever. I think he's still working on his PhD in archaeology and he's a reenactor. I think I saw the Kensington Runestone on your Awful Archaeology list, and he'd be perfect to consult on that one :D
Yes! Welsh Viking for sure
Yep. I support this.
The first person I thought of!
I love this so much! Wish more people could do the same thing. It's incredibly hard to say "I messed up" "This is how I messed up" "This is how I'm going to do better"
Huge respect to you dude owning up to your mistakes a faults and the immense respect you have for all these who came before us
Can’t wait for Awful Archeology ❤
It took me a while to get to this but it's so refreshing to see people with platforms taking accountability for mistakes instead of doubling down. I'm so happy to be in this community and I'm proud of you for owning up to it.
I wish all of academia had the same level of ethics as archeology is supposed to, because the paywalls for some of it are freaking absurd.
Thank you for sharing so much of what you know. It's a shame so many others thing that people should pay them exorbitantly for the privilege of bettering their understanding of our world.
Not sure exactly what you are referring to but if you email the authors of an academic paper that is paywalled, they will almost certainly email you a copy of it for free. It's the journals that guard their little empires.
Good job Milo! Us long-time professionals appreciate that you're learning as you're teaching and mistakes are going to happen. Would love to bring you out on an excavation sometime.
You know, that would be an awesome video series: How an excavation is actually conducted, what a new arrival at an excavation has to learn, etc. And highlight the differences between hollywood and reality.
@@maximilian672 it would be cool, but the amount of red tape involved getting permissions from all of the Tribal Historic Preservation Offices and such would be a nightmare to film something like that. There's a whole blog that kinda tracks that for the Ness of Brodgar though.
@@NathanaelFosaaen thanks for the tip, I'll try and find that blog :)
@@maximilian672 - It always makes me cringe when I see the "Time Team" people toss shovelsful of soil over their shoulders without sifting!
Milo, thank you for demonstrating how to learn... your content is fantastic, and your attitude to both archeology and academia is laudable.
Classy rebound. Way to apply a growth mindset and bounce back stronger. Looking forward to more content.
I really admire you for taking the time to correct the record. Lord knows it's not easy to admit when you've made a mistake. We can all learn a few good lessons from you.
Right? Our boy is doing it right!
Thank you for correcting yourself! Have you considered getting someone to put captions on your videos for increased accessibility? This one had a lot of echo and was a bit hard to understand as someone with auditory processing disorder
Yeah was thinking the same thing, couldn't listen to this unfortunately (I did try).
Aye! Also adding some anti-echo features to the recording room would be good for the same reason.
A lapel microphone too.
Im going to agree just because I am in a public place and I still wanted to watch this video but didn't want to be "that guy". I still ended up watching it but I had to turn the volume down and act like I was on the phone.
The CC provided gets things wrong too.
I aspire to be as brave and transparent about my mistakes as Milo. It's challenging and humbling to admit to oneself and others when it happens.
If you had been around when I was a kid, you would have been a formative role model and I suspect I would have gone into higher education with clearer goals in mind. As it is, you are still a great role model and inspiration even though I feel I have missed the critical moments to make larger changes to my life.
Biggest virtue in today's age. Humbly accepting criticism, and keeping an open mind about your beliefs and studies. Amazing content as always!
You consistent willingness to correct yourself and give others space to correct you makes you stand out on CZcams far more than someone who just makes content for views, you've always got my respect for that Milo!
His integrity IS VERY refreshing. As a total stranger, I find myself incredibly proud of him.
It's always a great thing to see someone openly talking, owning and learning from own mistakes. Really proud of you Milo!
Mad respect for you to address your mistakes and not shift the blame on other people like many people on the internet.
It’s really hard to admit when you’re wrong (not to mention embarrassing), so the fact that you’re so open to criticism and genuinely learning from it and admitting to your faults is so, so refreshing and definitely something I think we should all try to emulate. I hope everyone goes forward into the new year with a clear head and good intentions of bettering themselves, however that ends up being-and remember that even small steps are steps! We can’t all be perfect right off the bat, but as long as we’re trying, we’re moving in the right direction. Let’s all work hard to leave behind something (memories, art, anything!) beautiful for the people who come after us! ❤
And I’ll be looking forward to more Awful Archeology in the new year!! 🥰
I'm here for the JOURNEY of knowledge. Kudos for not only making this video, but by not burying it among content. Learning is a life long passion.
I really respect the fact that you admit to being wrong about certain things and you want to bring in people that know more about it than yourself to ensure your information is accurate as possible
I was shocked when you were talking about piling potsherds, but I'm pleased by how you respond to criticism.
Funny, I started studying Archaeology this year (mainly Egyptology) and I've never heard about those ethics, we've never spoken about ethics at all, haha. So thanks for this!
Really? Not even a sly sideswipe referencing flinders petrie only getting to sift through so many and varied pit shards yo make a timeline of developing style within potmaking precisely because the earlier 'archeologists' were mostly treasurehuntrrs looking for shiny stuff to justify their expenses or oddities to wind up in a curio cabinet/museum collection. The entrance to the pyramids were found by dynamiting the outside until they found access to the internal shafts
@@fomoran Yeah, I know, we talked about the history and there was a lot of astonishment and head shaking but no specific talk about modern ethics and practices, sadly. Maybe that'll come later when we got field study courses and practice.
I'm very glad to see you respond so levelheaded and mature! I saw the reaction video first, and my first thought was to worry - a lot of time creators on this platform don't uphold the best standards in how they behave, and I've seen things like this go sour before.
I didn't know my repect for you could get any higher, but it just did. Coming out and making a video clarifying your mistakes is just amazing. Many peoole might have just done a short or a community post, but not everyone would have seen that. Everyone with notifications on will have the opportunity to see this, and that's just amazing.
@DragonMan5643 - I add happy to see that he is toning down his language so much. It will add credibility to his presentations.
More pros featured on the channel will be really cool, but I just want to say that you're ALSO a professional! You may have a broader scope than others, but you're a pro at delivering information in an interesting and concise manner.
Edit: Happy late birthday! 🎉
This is the most important video you ever made, showing the importance of admitting when you mess up
I am a 43 year old man, and I shed tears of joy at this. A person with the integrity to admit their mistakes, and uplift the person who pointed them out, is worth my time and attention. Thank you, Milo, for acting in good faith.
I am subbing on Daskalos channel and already seen his reaction vid. I am glad you answered him, learning from your mistakes is really the only way to get better at anything when you reached a certain level of knowledge and admitting when you are wrong is the difference between a good guy and a slimy politician.
It is certainly a problem with North American archaeology that most of the information about many sites are 50+ years old and most books about the subject are using those old reports so getting up to date information is rather hard. There is really room for someone to write a new extensive series of books on the American history from White sands and the Gaultier archaeological site to the start of colonial times who actually talks to the archaeologists and get the latest archaeology because there have happened a lot in recent times.
I live in Sweden, we had a series of books recently by someone doing just that and it instantly made any other historical book obsolete since so much have been found in the last 20 years and tools like DNA and geophysics have really changed the field.
The average Joe might not read books like that but it makes research so much easier for people interested in the subject.
And of course making vids about sites most people never heard of is also an important way to teach people of the past. Keep up the good work.
I would recommend directly reaching out to professors, researchers, people active in the field. They’re less busy than you’d imagine and I’m sure would like to rep their books or whatever.
This is why you have 1.56 million subscribers. Thank you.
The thing I like the most about your channel is your transparency and willingness to admit mistakes and receive feedback and improve the content you put out. I really respect it a lot. It's never easy to admit to one's mistakes, and you're doing great, not only correcting them but also thinking through actionable steps to improve in the future. Thanks for sharing knowledge and being so professional about it.
Hey Milo (if you so happen to see this), I have to say I'm very impressed that you are taking complete ownership of your ethical misstep. I have to admit, when I saw the Dark Routes episode where you moved the pot shard from its in situ place, I did think to myself, "Really? That's acceptable?" Having taken some introductory Arch courses in my life, it surprised me that you endorsed interacting with the site in such a way. This said, I am glad that you took feedback from a professional in the domain and have adapted that feedback into this video. Ethical mistakes can happen - as you said, passions and excitement can be consuming, especially while undergoing such a large and ambitious journey. I, for one, would love to see more and more professionals and experts assist you as you continue forward making your videos. I think tapping into humility of knowledge is extremely powerful as a young (or old!) professional, and getting expertise from those directly involved in the research sphere of what you're covering is a wise move. I'm sure you will find many professionals who are eager and willing to share their knowledge with you, and that will only enhance the veracity as well as the nuance of what you discuss. A great example of how you've already done this was with your Baghdad Battery episodes!
Long winded. But. Keep up the good work, get the professionals involved, and leverage that with your quickly maturing production skills/team, and you will have second-to-none content for a long time to come!
Thank you for correcting your mistakes! I would love to see more collabs going forward. I’m an Plains/Mountain Archaeologist in Colorado, so while the sites you visited are not my specialty, they are part of why I do what I do.
Gotta give you credit for owning mistakes, I think it's so easy to get caught up that we don't think about the consequences. Your channel has been honest from the beginning, and I love it for that. Keep up the great work. Can't wait to see what you have for us in 2024 ❤
This video is so important! This is accountability done right! We really need to normalize the grace it takes to unabashedly admit to and correct the inevitable missteps we will all make! Great stuff!
Idk. He didn’t even play the ukelele
🤣
Good job Milo. I'm proud of you. It's never easy nor comfortable to admit we made a mistake. You leaned in and made it a teaching moment. That's rare. Kudos. ❤
People who are humble are true learners and professionals. As long as we strive to improve and correct the mistakes we inevitably make, we can better ourselves and raise the level of our craft. I'm glad Milo is seizing this as an opportunity to grow, which is why he has my respect
I wish you had shown clips showing what you did wrong. I appreciate the honesty and humble approach i've seen so far in the video, but as a layperson, visual examples would help :)
Not many creators are willing to admit their mistakes, especially mistakes within their field of expertise. Being able to not only accept that you did make a mistake, but to take that criticism and transform it into educational material to try to prevent further mistakes, is highly commendable. Thank you for the information and just being a decent human
I hope that despite 2023 being exhausting that you don’t regret attempting to branch out with your content- you learned more about yourself and what you want to do in the future, and you’ve made some excellent videos in the meantime that we all appreciate (and in my case, binge excessively).
Happy late birthday, happy solstice, and can I just say that you are one of few people who keep hope for the future alive and thriving. So many people today (and probably throughout history, although you’d know better than me!) struggle so much with admitting something so simple: “I was wrong.” You have an incredibly mature and optimistic outlook on that, by turning it into an educational experience instead of a personal attack. It’s honestly pretty humbling to see since I struggle with it too, so thank you for the reminder that instead of getting defensive, it’s better to be grateful you’ve learned something new.
Fair dues Milo, that was an impressive response. You gracefully turned a mistake into an interesting teaching moment. There's a reason you have developed such a large audience, and you just reminded me why. Happy 2024 from Ireland.
I feel nothing but crazy respect to you for being humble and staying true to your calling.
I am proud of you. Owning up to your mistakes is tough, especially for a series you were soo proud to film and share with everyone. Thank you for taking the time to admit it and then to educate yourself and us on the ethics of archeology. Not only that but it sounds like you have made a professional friend in both the archeology world and that of CZcams, I am looking forward to your colab. Happy Solstice Milo.
I think you could build an actual series with this idea. Each episode could be a 1 hour study of a regional dig using interviews with the on site archaeologist to tell the story of the culture and the dig.
Show format:
--Lead in with why you were drawn to the site
--Focus on the people doing the dig and any unique obstacles they are facing due to geography, local laws, cultural limitations to the dig, money, etc.
--backstory on the culture being examined
--cover their findings and what those mean to history, pedagogy, and most importantly, the descndents of the culture (when applicable)
--end with their ongoing hypotheses/researxh question/goals and what they are still hoping to uncover
I see it in my head like a TV show.
I'm a retired comm professor, so pardon me if I sometimes see the design elements of your channel rather than the archaeological content. :)
I watched how you handled the challenges during your mc trip, and now I see how you handle this - I got nothing but respect. You set an example of how an adult - and a professional - should respond when things don't go as well as we'd hoped. You've led me to examine the way I react to adversity.
Learning is a lifelong experience, and we have to be open to making mistakes *and* correcting said mistakes. Loved the video. Cheers, Milo.
you being so upfront about your mistakes and being willing to correct your own information as soon as possible has really helped me to work on that in myself. thanks Milo!! looking forward to the new content and the collaborations with experts. i hope break treats you well!
I love the response videos/video chains. 1, taking responsibility for your Ls is rad. 2, it's a fresh way of doing educational videos which is way healthier than leaning on your audience to do "independent research". 3, it represents a side of achedemia that isn't commonly discussed, which is that its all one big debate/discussion. I hope this sort of thing stays a staple of the channel
Truly I can't say enough how much I admire you for taking such a humble and honest approach to addressing past missteps and learning from them. It's refreshing to see not only on CZcams, and the internet, but in the world at large. Civil and educated discourse is something that, unfortunately, becomes more and more rare in everyday life. You are a fantastic educator and I can't wait to see what else you put out in this new year, and I can't wait to see the inclusion of other experts in your future works as well!
This is science. Science evolves because it learns from itself, and its practitioners are willing to be tested and corrected. This is why science is amazing. Well done 👍
Happy Birthday, and thanks for showing the strength of character to be accountable for your own mistakes. Honestly a great example after so many episodes of Awful Archeology of how to actually respond to criticism, instead of doubling down.
Admitting that you made snafu, owning and learning from it does have the making of a great man…
You do and did a great job communicating us Science, especially Archeology, and it shows in you follower counts
Stay up, stay top, stay Human!
Happy Holidays to you and your loved ones, cya in the new year
Milo, you truly are a Scholar and a Gentleman. You want the truth to be told, as much as is humanly possible, and are not afraid to put your hand up when you have made a mistake. These attributes make you a true teacher, and quite frankly... You rock‼️❣️😎
Outstanding. Owning errors and doing better is what makes someone worth the attention. Thank you for posting this- so many wouldn't have, and you handled this with appropriate humility and in the proper spirit.
a sense of accountability, honesty, and the willingness to put good information before your pride is always something to applaud! especially when it comes to criticism. having more experts in the field featured on your channel would be really cool to see. cheers to you, milo!
Firstly I want to say that Milo, you are probably my favorite creator on the platform at the moment and I'm super happy to see videos like this and the response to the criticisms of your Baghdad Battery video, showing people that being wrong is simply part of life and owning up to your mistakes, admitting when you're wrong, and correcting them is an important part of any academic field and honestly just an important part of life.
That being said: I cannot ignore the sound on this video. Its awful. I really hope going forward there's some soundproofing or some kind of fix for the acoustics in the studio here. I know how excited you were in the announcement video for it and its super cool, but I had a really hard time even making out what you were saying at some points without turning on subtitles.
No shade meant to you or your team at all, personally I can't wait to see what ya'll create in the new year!
This video is so special in that you continue to blow us away with how humble you are, how you never intend to harm anyone or anything, and how you acknowledge your mistakes and take them as major learning experiences and then teach us about them so we don't make the same ones. I love how you take the criticisms of older professionals to heart and then turn what could have been a spot of contempt and miscommunication into a professional relationship with the educators out there who have many decades of experience in the field. I'm sure those folks are so excited to work with you because they see within you the spark of wonder that they also have, and the effort you put into making sure your content is authentic and respectful. I'm 29 and can say for certain that you're miles ahead than most people at 24 in your knowledge and experience. Keep it going because you're constantly improving and it shows! Happy solstice and happy belated birthday. Im stoked to be one of those 200k or so people who watch your channel like a hawk, waiting for each new upload! 🤘🤘
I've followed your stuff for about a year now, and have greatly appreciated your work. Its an inspiration, and one of the few legit places to get REAL information on archeological and anthropological science.
But this episode has got to be the best thing ive seen a youtuber post this year. Im really impressed by your character and approach, and will be here for everything you do. Well done Milo
Ill watch all the stuff you do, you have the perfect mix of zoomer humor/mannerisms and actual sense of responsibility. Also you seem like a genuinely nice person. Thanks for the hours of free content.
I cannot express how fucking refreshing the Archaology wide of youtube is. With youtubers its always drama and content and callouts and just irritating, pretty much everywhere I've seen beyond this niche when people get bought up on things is either a full apology video because theyve done something fucked up, or met with aggression and anger because theyre being criticised.
I wanna thank both Milo for being just a decent person by openly accepting criticism and admitting mistakes, not in like a comment but a full video shouting out where someone has corrected him, but also just all of Archaology youtubers for not just making good faith, constructive criticisms, but also not being afraid to criticise.
Its just nicw to have a space free from drama because everyone is fundamentally open and accepting to the concept of being wrong
It's so refreshing to see you admit your faults and work to make you're future content better. I've see so much drama on the internet of creators trying to present themselves as perfect and not being able to own up to their mistakes, large or small. Keep up to good work Milo. You're a true inspiration and role model, faults and all.
Thank you so much for showing us your integrity! You're such a king!!! Def gonna keep watching every single video you post! Have a good break and have lots of self care!
First, thank you so much for this video. It's so important to model that even professionals mess up, and how can someone make that better moving forward. Second, and this is probably stupid to most folk but means so much to me: you wished a happy Solstice to people! I'm so so so so so tired of having people ask me about Xmas plans and then be met with blank stares when I say I celebrate Solstice. Thank you. Feelings of erasure and othering have been hitting hard lately, and it meant more than probably is reasonable to hear that in a video from one of my favorite creators. Wishing a lovely Solstice back to you!
Takes a lot of integrity to be honest with this many people, you continue to be an inspiration to people even 10 years your senior!
10? I've seen people in their 70s who won't admit they're wrong, much less with this much grace.
This is brilliant milo, stay humble man. I love the idea of bringing in other professionals, it will definitely further enhance you videos...
I don't tune in for EVERY video but when I do watch I always like to go all the way through the vids cause you do really great stuff and you're always genuine, even if you might make mistakes. Also you're funny. Thanks Milo. Happy new year!