First field research December 2011

Chocontá, Colombia

Area I visited Chocontá (town) Houses where I

interviewed local farmers

Map

Interview kit

Audio

recorder Camera Questions Cookies as

gift/incentive

Sketchbook

& pens Map

First visit questions

Good afternoon, I’m a design student and would like to ask you some

questions, and if it’s ok would also like to take some photos of your

house. I’m studying options to improve the living standards in the

countryside through design. This is just a study, nothing official or from the

government. I appreciate your time. Than you.

• Do you own this land, or are employed here?

• How long have you been here?

• Do you own cattle? How many?

• Other animals besides cattle, such as hens, pigs…?

• Is there any crop? What kind?

• How many people live here?

• Are you all related?

• Do you all work in this land?

• How old are you all?

• The children go to school? where? how?

• How frequently do you visit the town?

• Do you have electricity? Sewerage? Cable?

• What kind of stove do you have? Electric, gas, coal/wood? Why?

Photos: Chocontá (town ) – central plaza, streets, water tanks

Photos: landscape, cultivating a potato crop, el año nuevo, plowing

Photos: abandoned rural school, one road to town, houses

Photos: Interviewing

after a few beers…

Fernandez family

informal conversation

Photos: Showers

this electric shower works well but

the plug is quite close

new electric shower…but there

is no proper electric installation

in the house

Photos: Kitchen

carbon/wood stove, that also

helps heat up the house

gas stove for backup