75. Moudhy Al-Rashid: Engaging interest in Mesopotamia
About this episode
Moudhy Al-Rashid discusses her outreach efforts to engage interest in Mesopotamia and the challenges of presenting unfamiliar material.
Moudhy talks about the different kinds of outreach work she has done. How does she excite interest in material that is very unfamiliar for most people? What works well? She discusses the different audiences and formats, the various approaches and possibilities. 2:18 why Mesopotamia? 4:45 attracting interest 8:11 overcoming the unfamiliar 11:19 reliable history versus pseudo-history 13:10 radio and podcasts 17:06 scale and detail 19:47 different ...
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