1. The person you talk with should be someone who has cared for you or someone you have cared for before. When approaching someone about an interview, be sure to talk about how and where their information will be shared through the tending to project.
• Ask them to share a picture of themself or something that reminds them of care that will live on the tending to website.
2. Go over the release form together to make sure you both understand and are comfortable with how your conversation will be archived and shared.
• Be sure to let them know that they can change their mind at any time and keep the conversation private.
3. To improve the sound quality and minimize echoes, you can do these things:
• Be aware of any potential noise and try to find a time and place where it will be kept to a minimum.
• To minimize echoes, we recommend recording in a room with a lot of fabrics – like a living room with couches and curtains.
4. You and your interviewee should have a smartphone, tablet, or computer with
Zoom.
• Make sure that your Zoom app is up to date before the conversation.
• Do a quick soundcheck before the interview to make sure audio is working.
• Remember to press the record button before you start the conversation, and ask your interviewee to click continue.
1. Plan to have a conversation for around 40 minutes, but remind your interviewee that they can choose not to answer questions or take breaks at any time.
2. Here’s a list of questions to ask during your conversation:
• Introduce yourself and share a visual description of the image we’re looking at. (The headshot or representative image they shared before the interview.)
• Share your first experience with care.
(The first thing that comes to mind, it can be care you experienced or provided for someone else.)
• How would you like to experience care?
(The first thing that comes to mind, it can be romantic, platonic, etc...)
• What forms of care do you express?
• What/where is a site of care?
(If they ask: sites of care are evolving spaces stewarded and regenerated by communities.)
• Finish this statement:
Care is___________.
4. Keep the conversation flowing with follow-up questions.
1. Ask the participant if they know anyone else who would like to participate in tending to.
2. When the conversation is over and you leave the meeting, Zoom will create an audio file (and a video file, if you had your camera on--but we only need the audio file). Be sure to name the audio file something you can easily find on your device.
4. Go to the care history submission page and upload your audio file (.mp3) and your interviewee’s headshot or representative image (.jpeg).
