{"id":319,"date":"2024-11-08T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group4\/?p=319"},"modified":"2024-11-05T13:14:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T13:14:48","slug":"reflection-on-interviewing-methods-for-communication-for-development-c4d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group4\/2024\/11\/08\/reflection-on-interviewing-methods-for-communication-for-development-c4d\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection on Interviewing Methods for Communication for Development (C4D)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rome, Italy. La Citt\u00e0 dell’Utopia from above.<\/p><\/div>\n

The participants<\/h4>\n

As someone currently involved in a journalistic project, when I set out to complete this task, I already knew how difficult, potentially burdensome, even, the whole process could become, especially when you try to make contact with a complete stranger. So, to make things a bit easier for myself, I thought that asking several people I already knew to some extent would maximise my chances of getting the interviews done as quickly and efficiently as possible. Originally, I had contacted four or five potential participants. I finally managed to interview two of them, David and Fabrizio.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My first interview was a phone interview on October 27th with David, who runs his own company and develops social intervention projects in socioeconomically marginalised communities in Madrid. His work includes educational programs to facilitate Spanish language acquisition for migrant and refugee communities in collaboration with major NGOs in the country, such as <\/span>CEAR<\/span><\/a>, and initiatives promoting active citizenship. I had originally connected with David while looking for job opportunities in the migration field, so when it came time to reach out for the interview, we already had an established rapport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fabrizio, on the other hand, is the main coordinator of the Rome branch of <\/span>Service Civil International Italy<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Service Civil International<\/span><\/a> is a volunteer organisation that promotes a culture of peace and focuses on climate issues, refugees and migrants, women\u2019s rights, culture, and antimilitarism. They achieve this through work camps, events, training courses, and long-term volunteering programmes, including exchanges across Europe via the <\/span>European Solidarity Corps<\/span><\/a> and worldwide. In Rome, their main project, <\/span>La Citt\u00e0 dell\u2019Utopia<\/span><\/a>, provides a space for local collectives and NGOs to organise, host events and share ideas. Fabrizio and I met when I was volunteering at La Citt\u00e0 dell\u2019Utopia, where our interview took place on November 2.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Interviews\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

I chose a semi-structured interview format with open-ended questions that allowed space for follow-up. I wanted to create an open dialogue where both participants could express themselves freely and share their perspectives on their jobs. This idea matches Holstein and Gubrium\u2019s argument in <\/span>The Active Interview<\/span><\/i> (1995), where they see interviews as joint efforts to create meaning instead of just collecting data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This approach meant that my conversations with David and Fabrizio felt less like a formal Q&A session and more like a dynamic dialogue. My first question\u00a0was designed to encourage them to talk about their backgrounds and their connections to their work, which helped to break the ice and create a comfortable atmosphere. Later questions went deeper into the specifics: their roles, the nature of their work, challenges, etc. The questions asked were as followed:<\/span><\/p>\n

For David:<\/span><\/p>\n