'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage

“白色思维”和苏格兰遗产多样性的失败承诺这个项目回应了苏格兰遗产部门的一个关键挑战：苏格兰遗产组织中的小规模多样性项目向更可持续的、结构性的组织和文化变革形式过渡的下一步是什么？虽然各种组织都表示致力于长期变革，但该项目的创新重点是弥合当今苏格兰开展的小型反种族主义遗产项目（通常由个人和/或小团体领导）的财富与以白色为主且社会经济背景较高的部门结构变革的“承诺”之间的差距。书名取自莉莲·图拉姆（Lilian Thuram）的著作《白人思维：种族身份面具背后》（White Thinking：Behind the Mask of Racial Identity）。这本书问，“白色是什么意思？”除了肤色，它也是一种思维方式吗？如果是这样，它是如何产生的，为什么？'.图拉姆的职业生涯横跨足球（他是法国出场次数最多的球员）和反种族主义活动。图拉姆和《白色思维》的一位翻译者将在凯文格罗夫博物馆领导该项目的一些工作，探讨白色的凝视是如何以及为什么决定和固定种族化少数民族的边缘、异国情调和劣等表现的。如果他们有代表的话。该项目响应苏格兰博物馆和画廊的报告《帝国、奴隶制和苏格兰博物馆》（2022年）的号召，“确保反种族主义嵌入博物馆工作场所和公共空间”。通过实践主导的干预措施，涉及教育，遗产组织和社区的利益相关者，该项目汇集了不同规模的组织，并面临独特的挑战，以创建一个实践社区。我们的合作伙伴包括种族平等和权利联盟、大卫利文斯通故居博物馆、皇家海军独角兽号、凯文格罗夫博物馆、苏格兰博物馆和画廊、格拉斯哥皇家外科医生和内科医生学院以及苏格兰古董学会。我们的产出包括组织的反种族主义步骤变化计划，在苏格兰南亚医疗专业人员的历史上的新展览，社区共同设计的资源大卫利文斯通的遗产，策展人研讨会，以及苏格兰黑人历史月的公共活动计划。

'White Thinking' and the failed promise of diversity in Scottish heritage This project responds to a key challenge in the Scottish heritage sector: what is the next step in transitioning small-scale diversity projects in Scottish heritage organisations to more sustainable, and structural, forms of organisational and cultural change? While various organisations have signalled a commitment to longer-term changes, the innovation in this project is focused on bridging the gap between the wealth of smaller-scale anti-racist heritage projects taking place in Scotland today (which are often led by individuals and/or small collectives), and the 'promise' of structural change in a sector which is predominantly white and from higher socio-economic backgrounds. The title is taken from Lilian Thuram's book, White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity (Hero: 2021). The book asks, 'What does it mean to by white? Beyond just a skin colour, is it also a way of thinking? If so, how did it come about, and why?'. Thuram's career spans football (he is France's most capped player) and anti-racist activism. Thuram, and one of the translators of White Thinking will be leading some of the project's work at Kelvingrove Museum to ask how and why the white gaze determines and fixes representations of racialised minorities as fringe, exotic, and inferior. If they are represented at all. The project responds to the call of Museums and Galleries Scotland's report Empire, Slavery, and Scotland's Museums (2022) to 'ensure anti-racism is embedded in [museum] workplaces and public spaces'. Through practice-led interventions involving stakeholders across education, heritage organisations, and communities, this project brings together organisations of different sizes, and with unique challenges, to create a community of practice. Our partners include the Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights, the David Livingstone Birthplace Museum, HMS Unicorn, Kelvingrove Museum, Museums and Galleries Scotland, the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow, and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Our outputs include anti-racist step-change plans for organisations, a new exhibition on the history of South Asian medical professionals in Scotland, community co-designed resources on the legacy of David Livingstone, workshops for curators, and a programme of public events for Black History Month Scotland.