Hi Jay

In considering the implications of overtly offensive material being left in the comments book, my inclination would tend towards putting up a sign of warning as opposed to ripping or cutting out pages or even blacking out offensive content.  Irrespective of whether or not I or
others interpret these comments as offensive, their worth as Ellen Cutler pointed to in her email is one of anthropological interest.  Its merit for me is that it is a response to the museum experience.  If the most the visitor can make out of their excursion to a museum or arts
institution is to indulge in juvenile banter then perhaps we need to look at different ways to reach these people so as to more involve them in the museum experience.


Bernadette Jones
Curator gammaSPACE

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