Deb, 

Perhaps you wouldn't mind defining what you mean by dialogue. 

It's a term we use quite often in relation to exhibits, especially when we 
try to incorporate ways for visitors to share their thoughts. I believe it 
is possible to use exhibitions to create opportunities for sharing 
thougths and feelings in a verbal or written manner (my definition of 
dialogue). The exhibition on lynching at the Chicago Historical Society 
attempts to do this. 

Why can't lynching (or genocide, or anything else that makes us 
uncomfortable) be appropriate topics for "dialogue"

Diane Gutenkauf

On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:15:58 +0200, Deb Fuller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
<snip>
 But on the flip side, when has anything relating to
>lynching opened up a dialogue? <snip>
>Deb
>

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