U. S. Urban History
History 304/504

Professor Mark Tebeau
Rhodes Tower 1906
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Cleveland State University
Spring Semester 2006
MC 105
M/W/F 9:45-10:50

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Print Peter Bartis Folklife and Fieldwork (there is a PDF version on the web); read carefully and answer the following general questions.

Describe how your typical interview might happen. How will you find contacts?

What are the steps that you take to prepare? How much time do you a lot? Where will you meet the interview subjects?

What is the proper way to label a tape?

What do you need to know in order to be competent?

How will you determine the focus of your interview?

Follow a few of the links. What more have you learned about method, presentation, technique, other issues?

I want you to explore the following two links:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/resources/rohotips.html
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/resources/1minute.html

Describe effective interview techniques. What advice is most helpful?

Secondarily, should you create a list of questions prior to the interview? Why or Why not?

Finally, on a separate sheet of paper, answer the following questions (may be handwritten, though clearly). Photocopy that paper and hand it to the instructor prior to class on March 1st.

1 How might you locate interview subjects for your project? Who would you call? Who would be the ideal subject (not necessarily a name but a sort of person) and why would they be a good subject? How can I help you locate that subject?
2 What questions will you ask your informants? Compose a list of between 7 and 10 questions; list them in the order that you might ask them.