PEER INTERVIEW
Why using it?
The aim is to give value to the heritage received from the ancestors, to practice ability to recognize own skills and values, and to be able to understand the differences between those two terms and their meaning in a future community development.
What is it?
A structured interview with the following questions:
1) PEOPLE: Who are the most important people within your community?;
2) PLACES: What kind of places do you go to?;
3) SERVICES: What are the services in your community? (Water, electricity, wifi, transport, music, dance, sports, drama...);
4) THINGS: What are the three most important things for you? ;
5) GENERAL INFORMATION: Names, language, place of living, and community of origin.
Steps
• Clarify that the interview should be carried in pairs, face-to-face, one-to-one and in informal settings.
• Give them 10-15 minutes for each round.
• Let them use an object as a replacement of a microphone to ease participants, making them feeling as if they are playing a game.
Tips for the facilitator:
Going around and help participants not to freeze.
Materials needed:
Paper, pens, an object as a replacement of a microphone..
Time:
10-15 minutes each round
Western Cape South Africa, March 2016. With !khwa ttu trainees.
Windhoek September 2016.