Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Production Log: Critique and Appraisal

My interview with my aunty (Punahou Alum) went pretty well. I had many questions to ask, but my aunty kept talking more and more about the subject and eventually answered some of my questions even though I had only asked her one. She went over and beyond my questions and by doing so answered more questions than I even wanted to ask. Thankfully she did most of the talking, so even though I began to run out of questions toward the end, the interview lasted a good 15 minutes or so.

From this interview, I was able to get information about how my aunty saw stereotypes and cliques back in 1980. This is perfect as the information will probably be nearly identical as my classmates interviews with present students. But, of course, at the same time my aunty's interview will show that some stereotypes have changed or become less noticable over the years.

I tried to answer all types of questions. I asked how stereotypes affected her and asked her to name to the stereotypes and such. Yet there were probably different types of questions that I missed during the interview. Still, the interview seems to be done correctly and answers many of the questions that we had.