Assignment 3: Interviews

Due date
March 17, 15:00

Content

This is a group assignment putting into practice the lessons from session 3 and, to a certain extent, session 4. It will provide preliminary research to bolster your research proposal.

Find a suitable division of labor within your group, and conduct two interviews of at least 20 minutes each with somebody connected to your field site. Record the interview with an audio recorder and transcribe the interview.

If audio recording is not possible (for instance, because your participants do not consent to being recorded), make sure to take detailed notes, and write a report on the interview based on them.

Write a brief reflection including:

  1. your research question
  2. a list of topics you covered in the conversation
  3. a list of topics that, in retrospect, you should have included in your interview guide/topic list
  4. a one-page discussion of how the interview informs your project: what do your preliminary findings say about the phenomenon you are studying?

Please submit this assignment, along with your interview transcript, via Brightspace.