Reading “How to Study Public Life” and researching ethnography. I’ve been prepping for interviews as well. Here are some of my interview questions, separated by general and more specific:
How do you like to use outdoor space?
What is a good time for you?
How do you like to spend your day?
Favorite places?
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How do you think this neighborhood has changed?
If you can imagine a single thing to add to this neighborhood, what would it be?
Do you ever spend time around the Colgate Clock / Waterfront area? How often?
Have you ever been to the Morris Canal Park, and how do you feel about the dogs that are let of their leash there?
Kate, while the questions one might ask in the interview are important, they can if one is not careful simply unconsciously reinforce the ideas of the interviewer as opposed to really surfacing what the interviewee is thinking feeling. Here are some resources that can help to bring empathy into the interview:
https://practices.learningaccelerator.org/artifacts/stanford-d-school-empathy-interview-guide
https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources/empathy-planner
https://www.zionandzion.com/how-to-conduct-empathy-interviews/
https://vimeo.com/91484863
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/empathy-mapping/#:~:text=Definition%3A%20An%20empathy%20map%20is,empathy%20mapping%20and%20its%20uses.