Ms Kate Turner:

To follow on from the point regarding acknowledgement, in Healing Through Remembering, we have looked at the issue of acknowledgement for some time. We are carrying out a piece of work that examines why some acknowledgement statements seem to work and others do not to see if we can find out what is involved in the crafting and delivery of them. As Mr. Donaldson pointed out, why do some of them work while others do not work? We are very much looking at them as self-authored. It relates to a group or individual making that statement from their own perspective. How can it be done in a way that best enables it to have an impact on the audience?

Deputies Crowe, Conlan and O'Reilly raised the issue of conversations and stories. I would make mention of the oral history archive element of the Stormont House Agreement because it often gets lost while everybody looks at the HIU and ICIR, which are more legal aspects. It is in the agreement. I am not sure how much it can do but it is touching on those elements so it is important that it gets addressed.

We developed an exhibition of everyday objects transformed by the conflict. They are lent to us by a range of different collectors, each of whom writes their own label. That collection went on a tour in 2012, including the Border area and across the Border. A range of children's groups and school groups visited it. We thought that because they were objects from the conflict that were old, young people would not engage with them. In respect of whether it was a milk bottle in discussions about petrol bombs, milk does not come in bottles but they understood what a milk container is. We had a tape recorder that had recorded things. They do not see tape recorders but they understood the concepts.

It was an interesting way for them to be able to touch into the everyday life of the conflict in a way that was not necessarily about major incidents and distress. It got them interested and engaged without us having one version of the past. There is a whole range of different versions of the past, yet the exhibition was accessible and largely welcomed.