Q&A, Panel 10

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Experiences of the interview

First post and replies | Last post by Kate Guy, 1 year ago

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Dear Panellists, Thank you for these fascinating interviews. They add such a richness to the conference. I very much enjoyed them all. I was struck by the very different relationships you each had with your interviewee/interviewer, and wondered if you’d be kind enough to reflect on your experiences of the interview process – lessons learnt, unexpected and expected benefits/limitations, and how your relationships with each other might have influenced the dialogue. I have been interviewing exhibition makers a lot in my own work, as an outsider (researcher), but often with a personal familiarity ...

By Claire Wi...

1 year ago
@h_will2 Lovely, thanks Hajra, this is such a useful and insightful reflection... I thought it would be a wonderful introduction to a publication of the interview, but then you'd loose so much of the oral specificity that made the interview such a joy! We can talk about this... @chriswhite Thanks too, to Chris, for your useful thoughts – I have very much found the same with my interviews (which are now at the British Library, so I had to think about a very broad potential audience with all sorts of interests!) I’m rarely the same age as those I interview (which has its own complications!), b...

By Claire Wi...

1 year ago
@chriswhite Thank you Chris for your interview and to Alex. I loved hearing about the influence of James Gardner and how designers are inspired by other designers - respect, appreciation and learning that happens in professional contexts. We don't often get to hear from the designer's perspective. Hajra

By Hajra Wil...

1 year ago
Thank you Claire, I am so glad you enjoy it. I would also like to thank both Hajra and Chris for your wonderful interviews. I found them both incredibly interesting. I have known Jon since I started my PhD last October. Jon is one of the members of the Exhibition Department, I feel, I have got to know reasonably well, though I am not sure this comes across in our interview. Having listened to the other interviews in this panel, I wish our interview had been more conversational. I also think we needed to provide more context in areas for our audience. For example, I could have outlined what ...

By Kate Guy

1 year ago
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