Opinion
We’re a’ Jock Tamson’s bairns
We live in a world in which the relationship between “nation” and “culture” matters. Central to that world are museums. They tell us important things about who we are, about national identity and identity politics. The key lies in the relationship between roots and routes: where we have come from, who we are, and where …
Mess it up and start again
Life is messy, controversial, fluid, contentious – lots of things a museum has difficulty with. This comment was made by a staff member at a prominent museum. What to do as a museum professional when faced with resistance, opposition, conflict – internally or externally, or both? If we can’t bring ourselves to talk about the …
