Seòmar agus comataidhean

What a museum should be is a very broad question, obviously. I like your description of coming at an issue from different directions. I did not feel that that was the case in the Kelvingrove exhibit that was specifically mentioned. I felt that it was a very single-directional sort of narrative, which led people to pretty bad conclusions about themselves, I think. That is the opposite of what you said. You were talking about how the institutions that you are involved in were causing people harm. We do not want the new ways to cause people harm, either.

I have probably taken up enough time.

So, separate not in the sense of being distinct, but in the sense of being a separate part of something else that brings people through the door?

Do you want to say a bit more about the importance of nuance in the way that we tell the story?

Do you understand, however, the concerns that some people, including me, have about the fact that, as a political activist—you have been very honest and said that you are one—you have chosen the museum space as a vehicle to promote your view of the world? That is not an unfair thing to say, is it?

Absolutely. It is just that, perhaps, the traditional view of a museum, as that of a school, is that you do not go there to be re-educated to a certain way of thinking, but to have your curiosity piqued and your desire for learning enhanced. No?

Lucy Casot, is that how you see things?

How did you interpret it?

What would it look like? Describe the experience.

That makes a lot of sense.

I deliberately used the word “re-education”, because that is how some people might view that. That was behind the survey response that you gave, which Alexander Stewart highlighted.

I can see that other people want to come in. Sheila, do you want to come in?