GF- China Site Zhang Jian 2006.09.13

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GF- China Site Zhang Jian
2006.09.13
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Process of interview

• Before conducting interview
• Phone or email interviewees first to discuss and
  confirm the guideline of interview, and then make
  an appointment with them.
• Discussion about the guideline went smoothly.
• It was difficult to set up interview time.

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• During the interview
• Location office and home
• Duration Reduced from 3 hours to 1-1.5
• Problems during the interview
• 1. Sometimes phone ring interfered with our
  conversation.
• 2. interviewees jump back and forth in their
  answers.

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• After interview
• Many of them did not ask to review the
  transcripts and tape
• Some requested to review the transcript and
  revise it.

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Practice in Class

• We have used the products (transcripts and tapes)
  of the project in teaching including Introduction
  to Womens Studies and NGOs and Women
  Development.
• Problems
• videos are too long to show in class
• plain and boring
• lack of logical order

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Students want to know (before video showed)

• Any feminist in China?
• Who are they?
• What do they do?
• What are they appearance?
• Are they married?
• What change they do in our society?
• Why they enjoy being feminists?
• What can we learn from them?

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Discuss answer questions after videos showed
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Questions from students

• Interviewees have similar experiences
• Any young generation feminists?
• Hope us to be feminists?

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Plans for the future

• share the resources of GF with our colleagues
  and discuss how to use them in IWS course which
  is a required course in CWU
• how to use them to create a new course for the
  first batch students in DWS
• invite some interviewees to our class
• Make a module for teaching
• Comparison of the four sites
• One question how to share the material with
  other institutions

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Thank you

• China Womens University