Preparing for interviews

Hi everyone! Things are moving forward with the exhibition plan. We have now chosen a range of objects covering the topics of 'illness, medicine and death' from the Oriental Museum's collections. As many of these are from China we are preparing to interview Chinese residents in Newcastle next Tuesday. Around 80 residents of Newcastle's Chinese community meet every week for lunch at the Chinese Community Association. They have very kindly agreed to be interviewed by the project team, so today we are going to build a questionnaire to take with us. The main aim is to gauge the cultural background of the objects which we have selected for the exhibition. It will be really fascinating hearing the memories of the residents, but also nerve-racking. We obviously want to make sure our questions are along the right lines! The residents are also letting us take pictures and video so watch this space!