Historical Images – Partner Interview Guide

INSTRUCTIONS:

Place your images into a PowerPoint, Word, or other file so that you can share them with your
partner via zoom. Ask them the questions below. The responses need not be in complete
sentences – brief summaries are fine. After you collect the answers, read them back to your
partner to make sure you’ve captured their thoughts accurately.

• What are the subject matters (e.g., people, artifacts, etc.) in the images?
• What subjects did I use/capture most frequently?
• What does this use of subjects tell you about my focus for the history of this disparity?
• How is it the same or different from your focus?
• Can you tell from what social era it came from?
• What clues give you that information?
• What do these images tell you about the history of the people who currently experience the
disparity?
• What do these images tell you about the history of the disparity itself?
• What images have an emotional impact on you when you view them again?
• What are the emotions you experience?
• How do these emotions relate to your views on the history of the disparity?
• What about the images reflect these emotions (e.g., colors, the subject matter, some
combination)?
• What concepts or ideas do you see reflected in these images about the history of this disparity?
• What images best reflect these concepts and why?
• What concepts might be missing about the history of the disparity?
• What images or artifacts would you try to capture to reflect these missing concepts?
• What might I have done differently in capturing these images/artifacts?
• Select your 3 favorite images/artifacts that best capture the concepts and emotions about the history of this
disparity and label each one with the emotions and/or concepts captured.
• What influence do you think these historical representations have on how we view, address, and/or perpetuate
the disparity today?