Template for interviews, version 2
Today is Day, Date (month, day, year), Time.
My name is Alejandra Mendoza and I am with (name of the interviewee), to have a conversation about Treatment Practices in Photograph Conservation as part of my project for the ARP in which I intend to describe the current status of treatment practices: its characteristics and objectives, and the variables that influence its performance; as well as briefly address the transformation of treatment standards and decision-making through time.
I would like to follow a pattern for the interview in which I will begin asking questions about the approaches to treatment in this institution, its characteristics and extents, followed by questions about the similarities and differences compared to the treatment practices performed in other types of institutions. After this, I will present to you some [3] hypothetical treatment cases to hear your opinion about them and end up with some questions about education.
To start, could you please tell me your name, your current job position, the institution or company that you work for, and for how long have you been working here?
I deeply appreciate your time and interest to perform this interview and to receive me here in [name of the place]. I would like to begin asking you,
1. [In your institution] What determines the need for treatment, or in other words, how do you do the selection and prioritization of the photographs that are going to be treated?
2. What is the nature of the treatments performed?
3. How is the extent of treatment decided and by whom?
4. Do you consider that the treatments performed here at [x] can be considered minor interventions [or major interventions]? why?
5. In your observation of the work that has been done here at [your institution] in the last decades, what are the major changes, if any, that you perceive?
6. Do you consider that the perception of how a fine art photograph or a historical photograph should look has changed through time?
7. Do you think that treatment approaches and extents in a fine art museum differ from treatment approaches and extents in other types of institutions, like archives and historical societies? why?
8. Do you think they differ from treatment approaches and extents performed in private practice? why?
I would like to present to you 3-5? hypothetical treatment cases to hear your opinion about them,
9. Chemical treatment. If a private owner brings you a faded silver gelatin developed out print of high personal value and asks you to chemically restore it, and he, as the owner, is willing to accept the related risks of the treatment, what would you respond and do?
10. Album. If a private owner brings you a nineteenth century album, like the Bicknell Album by Hill & Adamson, and asks you to unmount and remount the prints because he would like to display them individually, what would you respond and do?
11. Cleaning of a tarnished daguerreotype.
In the topic of education (it is not really education, I need another word),
- Do you consider that treatment proficiency is central to the competences of a photograph conservator? Why?
- How do you think we can gain treatment proficiency?
- In terms of treatment, what are the major challenges that the field faces?
Template for interview, version 2.1
Today is Day, Date (month, day, year), Time.
My name is Alejandra Mendoza and I am with (name of the interviewee) to have a conversation about Treatment Practices in Photograph Conservation. This interview is/forms part of the series of interviews I am conducting to photograph conservators to investigate and describe the current status [state] of treatment practices in our field, the general characteristics and objectives of the interventions performed, and the variables that influence its performance, as well as briefly address the transformation of treatment standards and decision-making through time.
I would like to follow a format for the interview in which I will begin asking you questions about the approaches, characteristics and extents of the treatments performed in this institution, followed by questions about the similarities and differences compared to the treatment practices performed in other institutions. After this, I would like to know your opinion about some hypothetical treatment cases that I will present to you. Ending up with some questions about training and treatment experience.
My name is Alejandra Mendoza and I am with (name of the interviewee), to have a conversation about Treatment Practices in Photograph Conservation as part of my project for the ARP in which I intend to describe the current status of treatment practices: its characteristics and objectives, and the variables that influence its performance; as well as briefly address the transformation of treatment standards and decision-making through time.
I would like to follow a pattern for the interview in which I will begin asking questions about the approaches to treatment in this institution, its characteristics and extents, followed by questions about the similarities and differences compared to the treatment practices performed in other types of institutions. After this, I will present to you some [3] hypothetical treatment cases to hear your opinion about them and end up with some questions about education.
To start, could you please tell me your name, your current job position, the institution or company that you work for, and for how long have you been working here?
I deeply appreciate your time and interest to perform this interview and to receive me here in [name of the place]. I would like to begin asking you,
1. [In your institution] What determines the need for treatment, or in other words, how do you do the selection and prioritization of the photographs that are going to be treated?
2. What is the nature of the treatments performed?
3. How is the extent of treatment decided and by whom?
4. Do you consider that the treatments performed here at [x] can be considered minor interventions [or major interventions]? why?
5. In your observation of the work that has been done here at [your institution] in the last decades, what are the major changes, if any, that you perceive?
6. Do you consider that the perception of how a fine art photograph or a historical photograph should look has changed through time?
7. Do you think that treatment approaches and extents in a fine art museum differ from treatment approaches and extents in other types of institutions, like archives and historical societies? why?
8. Do you think they differ from treatment approaches and extents performed in private practice? why?
I would like to present to you 3-5? hypothetical treatment cases to hear your opinion about them,
9. Chemical treatment. If a private owner brings you a faded silver gelatin developed out print of high personal value and asks you to chemically restore it, and he, as the owner, is willing to accept the related risks of the treatment, what would you respond and do?
10. Album. If a private owner brings you a nineteenth century album, like the Bicknell Album by Hill & Adamson, and asks you to unmount and remount the prints because he would like to display them individually, what would you respond and do?
11. Cleaning of a tarnished daguerreotype.
In the topic of education (it is not really education, I need another word),
- Do you consider that treatment proficiency is central to the competences of a photograph conservator? Why?
- How do you think we can gain treatment proficiency?
- In terms of treatment, what are the major challenges that the field faces?
Template for interview, version 2.1
Today is Day, Date (month, day, year), Time.
My name is Alejandra Mendoza and I am with (name of the interviewee) to have a conversation about Treatment Practices in Photograph Conservation. This interview is/forms part of the series of interviews I am conducting to photograph conservators to investigate and describe the current status [state] of treatment practices in our field, the general characteristics and objectives of the interventions performed, and the variables that influence its performance, as well as briefly address the transformation of treatment standards and decision-making through time.
I would like to follow a format for the interview in which I will begin asking you questions about the approaches, characteristics and extents of the treatments performed in this institution, followed by questions about the similarities and differences compared to the treatment practices performed in other institutions. After this, I would like to know your opinion about some hypothetical treatment cases that I will present to you. Ending up with some questions about training and treatment experience.
