UC Davis Streetnotes Title Offerandestraat: Experimenting with Flash Encounters with Strangers on Dress Publication Date Offerandestraat: Experimenting with Flash Encounters with Strangers on Dress OFFERANDESTRAAT: Experimenting with Flash Encounters with Strangers on Dress

Elif Alp, Lene Hald, Peter Sorenson, Elif Alp, Lene Hald, Peter Sorenson, " Offerandestraat, Elif Alp, Lene Hald, Peter Sorenson, Elif Alp, Lene Hald (+2 others)
2014 unpublished
What can you learn about a stranger on the street in under five minutes? What are the best ways to begin a conversation with someone that could lend itself to more in-depth interviews, or quickly establish a small amount of trust interviewer and interviewee? In this experiment, we find that asking strangers about what they are wearing is an effective and surprisingly intimate way to begin a dialogue with strangers on the street. We further reflect on the methodological and creative issues which
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