公众考古与公众理解科学——以盗墓小说的普及为例

Public Archaeology and Public Understanding of Science——A Case Study of the Popularization of Tomb-raiding Fictions

盗墓小说的流行,以及这种流行所带来的关于伪考古知识的"普及",使一部分公众对考古产生了错误的认识,妨碍了公众科学素养的不断提升。对此,尽管考古学界进行了澄清,但效果并不尽如人意。对"公众考古"与"公众理解科学"这两个具有某种相似性领域的分析,以及对各自领域的"伪知识"进行比较,寻找公众考古可能从公众理解科学发展过程中借鉴的经验,可以推动中国公众考古的发展,推动中国公众科学素养的不断提升。

The popularity of tomb-raiding fictions and the popularization of pseudo-archaeological knowledge brought about by this popularity have caused some public to have a wrong understanding of archaeology and hindered the continuous improvement of public scientific literacy. In this regard, although the archaeological community has made efforts in clarifying this mistake, the effect is not satisfactory. In this context, analyzing the somewhat similar fields of “public archaeology” and “public understanding of science”, and comparing the “pseudo-knowledge” in their respective fields to find out the experience that public archaeology may draw from the process of public understanding of scientific development may promote the development of Chinese public archaeology and the continuous improvement of Chinese public scientific literacy.