27-08-2017, 09:08 PM
Good questions so far, we will incorporate these in some way in the interview.
VViews, about the interviewees: it's different when they are active on the forum. Rene for example is also an interesting person in Voynich studies but since he's around the forum a lot there would be little added value to having David and me chat with him
Bax, however, isn't heard that often lately and he's not active on the forum. On his "blog" he posts the work of others, and he responds mostly to comments by newcomers. As mentioned before, he is professionally active in an academic field related to the VM, which is another reason to interview him. The fact that he has a broad knowledge about various languages and especially since he masters a non-Indo-European language makes that he can add this background to the conversation.
Like you I am also interested in his unique position as an experienced academic who wrote about the manuscript and has not yet abandoned the field. Talking about this won't help us solve much, but I still find it interesting in another way.
VViews, about the interviewees: it's different when they are active on the forum. Rene for example is also an interesting person in Voynich studies but since he's around the forum a lot there would be little added value to having David and me chat with him

Bax, however, isn't heard that often lately and he's not active on the forum. On his "blog" he posts the work of others, and he responds mostly to comments by newcomers. As mentioned before, he is professionally active in an academic field related to the VM, which is another reason to interview him. The fact that he has a broad knowledge about various languages and especially since he masters a non-Indo-European language makes that he can add this background to the conversation.
Like you I am also interested in his unique position as an experienced academic who wrote about the manuscript and has not yet abandoned the field. Talking about this won't help us solve much, but I still find it interesting in another way.

