• Question: Do you want to inspire people?

    Asked by Neve and Emily to Freddie, Jena, Kirsten, Kon, Zarah on 4 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Konstantinos Drousiotis

      Konstantinos Drousiotis answered on 4 Nov 2016:

      Hi there,

      That’s a very good question! I’ll try and keep it simple: Yes and no (probably failed already :P)

      There are certain groups of people that I’d like to inspire the most and people of your age are one of these groups. By using the word inspire it will probably be an exaggeration. Motivate it will be best suited in this occasion. I would like to motivate young people to view science in a fun way and enjoy it, instead of concentrating on the reading aspect of it. That’s one of the main reasons I entered this competition, to prove that a PhD student can still do other activities instead of only carrying out experiments in the lab.

      Also, innovation and new solutions in problems the planet is facing at the moment, will come by your generation and the generations to come. Therefore it’s best we keep an open mind, then we will be able to choose how to inspire and by who to get inspired.

    • Photo: Zarah Pattison

      Zarah Pattison answered on 4 Nov 2016:

      Hi Neve and Emily,

      Awesome question.

      It takes a lot to inspire someone. I was fortunate in having a scientist inspire me to push myself and make me excited about science and research. If one day I do inspire someone that would be a huge achievement.

      Although that would be the ultimate goal my intention at this time is to show people that if you push yourself and work hard you can achieve many things. I was a make-up artist for many years and never thought I could be a scientist, but now I am!

      Doing you things for yourself and pushing yourself to achieve is inspirational and through this hopefully others will be inspired to!

      Z

    • Photo: Jennifer Bates

      Jennifer Bates answered on 4 Nov 2016:

      Hi!

      Definitely!

      I’ve been incredibly lucky in that I’ve had some amazing role models that have encouraged me throughout my archaeological career and continue to inspire me, and I hope to return this favour and show that archaeology is not only a viable career but a rewarding and an immensely fun one.

      Archaeology is often seen as one of those strange subjects that people either can’t see a way into or see after they’ve made their career choices and think aw, I’d love to have done that. The thing is – you CAN always get involved.

      So the one way I want to inspire people is to get them out there and engaged in archaeology, through finding local projects, following projects and seeing that archaeology is an open, inclusive subject that works best when people with all kinds of interests and areas of study get involved.

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