interview #2!

I am actually pretty excited about how this went! it was with one of my friends, whose name is Connor. it was interesting to talk to him about something he's passionate about in a semi-academic way. he had a lot of good things to say, and it was a neat experience because we hadn't really had a conversation of such depth before. I think I improved my execution of follow-up questions this time around as well as balancing out open and closed questions. this second interview made me realize how impersonal my first interview was and how much I didn't ask Joe (I can justify that with it being my first interview or that I don't know Joe personally but I can also blame myself for not putting enough thought into the process).

Unlike Joe (though he implied that he was in the middle of a skateboard shift), Connor is exclusively a street-skater. he prefers to skate alone and, like Joe, sees skateboarding as a sport, but also utilizes and treats it as a performance art rather than a competitive activity (something I wish I had inquired about when I was interviewing Joe -- oh well). the conversation tied in very well with my literature review, which I tried to make about the relationship between skateboarding and "space" (internal space, i.e. "headspace," and external space, like location). Connor even referenced the [internal] skateboarding "zone" which one of my sources referred to and I further tried to elaborate on in the paper. the literature review helped me frame the space in which I posed my interview questions, I think. I also think I might have taken a few steps closer to a more specific "focus" for this project over the past week.