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Tuesday- experiment

Because of few participants, and that I am starting to be short on time, I had to change the experiment. We were four people (including myself), which I divided into two groups which then had a recorded conversation in separate rooms. It was a ok conversation, but I was tired after a long day, and so was some of the participants, which made me realize that having a four hour experiment on a Tuesday evening is not only bad for attracting participants, but also for participating participants. So I had to struggle to keep my curiosity, and interest in the conversation, which is really one of the precondition for having a rewarding conversation. After this part, we took a break, eat some cake (sugar!) and tea, before we went through with next part of the experiment. This part was about listening to the other groups conversation. One group had to listen straight for 20 minutes, and then discuss a little bit, or continue the conversation. The other group could pause the conversation they listened to at any point, and add comments or continue the conversation. In the end we talked about the hole experiment. I had questions I had planned everyone to answer, but I realised that this was too much to ask at this point, so I choose to make it one feedback discussion.

08.00 - 09.00: Listening to conversation i had with a friend, taking notes at the most interesting parts.

09.00 - 10.00: Supervisor talk.

10.00 - 11.00: Listening to conversation i had with a friend, taking notes at the most interesting parts.

12.00 - 16.00: Borrow equipment for experiment, preparing equipment, baking cake and so on…

17.00 - 17.30: Participants arriving, talking aboput the change in the experiment.

17.30 - 18.30: First conversation.

18.30 - 19.30: Pause with cake and tea.

19.30 - 20.15: Listening to the other groups conversation, commenting and having conversation.

20.15 - 20.45: Talking about the experiment and about violence in Malmö.

20.45 - 21.15: Cleaning up after the experiment.

In total: 11 hours 15 minutes