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ConductingInterviews
Notes from Art and Artifact by Lynn Z. Bloom
Keep your Purpose clearly in mind
• Is your focus on the subject’s life or personality?
Set up the interview in advance
Do your homework
• Research your subject well in advance of the interview.
Make a list of questions
• Your questions should be specific about the main issues and subtopics that you wish to explore.
• Keep values and judgments out of the questions.
• Avoid questions that lead• to “yes” or “no” answers.
Practice
Talk as little as possible during the interview
Be aware of subject when they make self-serving remarks or share biases.
Take notes and tape the interview
Prepare for the possibility of a return visit
Edit the interview
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