{"id":20104,"date":"2023-05-17T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/interview-with-a-humanities-professional-doesnt-have-to-be-legitimate-professional\/"},"modified":"2023-05-17T22:00:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T22:00:33","slug":"interview-with-a-humanities-professional-doesnt-have-to-be-legitimate-professional","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/interview-with-a-humanities-professional-doesnt-have-to-be-legitimate-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with a Humanities Professional (doesn&#8217;t have to be legitimate Professional)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">conduct your interview in person, through video conferencing or through email. Or, this might be a good option for you if you already know of someone to interview or are interested in a one-on-one conversation.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">For this option, conduct an interview with a professional who does something in the Humanities.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Examples of people to interview for this assignment might include:<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">local religious leaders that are not the same religion as you if you practice, such as the imam of a mosque, a rabbi of a synagogue, a priest from a Hindu temple.&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">a local professor in a Humanities field<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">a local visual artist, musician, or member of a band who is somewhat well known<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">the curator of a local art museum or the archivist at an art museum<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">the educational outreach coordinator or the director of a local community arts center<span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">a local published author or book illustrator<span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">a director from a local theater, a member of a local improv group, or an actor who performs regularly in community theater productions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">When you have a conversation with this person, you can ask specific questions, or you can let the conversation itself lead you to the questions you want to ask. Try to focus, however, on talking about the field of the Humanities the person is in and what they do, and try to learn something new.&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 19px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Using information from your interview, write a <a>750-1000<\/a> word report that summarizes what you learned during your interview. Do not turn in a transcript of the interview. Please try to keep your paper to 1000 words or less and consult with your instructor for what to do if you think if you think you will exceed this.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Your report should include the following.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">Name and position<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">of the person. If they are not comfortable providing this, please state this and provide some general background information about the person instead.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">A<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">description<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">of the person\u2019s connection to the Humanities&#8211;what are they (author, priest, director, artist etc.) including how long they have been involved with the Humanities, their training (if any) and how they got involved with the Humanities.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">A<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">description of one aspect<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">of the interview that you found especially interesting. This is going to come from the conversation you have and the questions you ask. For example, you might write a particular piece of work by this person that struck you if they are an artist. You might write about the person\u2019s responsibilities as an art museum curator. You might talk about the challenges of a religious leader\u2019s responsibilities of working with many kinds of people.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">A<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">specific connection<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">between something you learned in the interview to<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">one specific piece of information from the class.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">For example, if you spoke to the lighting director of a community theater, you may have learned how they use colored lights on the stage. Then you can connect this to some of the information about color theory in the resources on Visual Arts.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><em style=\"cursor: auto;\">I<\/em><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto;\">f you interviewed someone for a topic we have not covered yet in class, you will need to look ahead in the class to find terminology or methods from the week that covers that topic.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Highlight the connection you are making between your interview and the course material by<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">underlining<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>or&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">bolding<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>a small part of the section where you are making your connection.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Include<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">a quote<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>or paraphrase<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>from the learning resources for the information you are using from class to connect to the interview.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">A<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">reflection on the relevance<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">of your interview experience to your everyday life, to the community or locality, or to Humanities in general. Think about how the experience engaged your feelings or emotions, how the experience taught you something you really didn\u2019t know about the Humanities, and how the experience showed you the relevance of the Humanities in the world. You can also consider what this interview informed you about yourself and human beings in general.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">In text citations<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">as needed and a<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">bibliography<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>with MLA citations for any references you used.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>One of your bibliography entries should be for the interview itself.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Week 1 resource (Humanities)&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/leocontent.umgc.edu\/content\/umuc\/tus\/humn\/humn100\/2232\/additional-resources\/humn-100-required-resource-set&#8211;3&#8211;the-power-of-the-humanities.html<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Week 2 Resource (Philosophy)<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/umuc\/reader.action?docID=6126246&amp;ppg=10<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Week 3 (Religion)<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: var(--color-1); font-variant-caps: inherit; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">https:\/\/leocontent.umgc.edu\/content\/umuc\/tus\/humn\/humn100\/2232\/additional-resources\/humn-100-required-resource-set&#8211;1&#8211;religion&#8212;culture.html<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Week 4 (Poetry)&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/leocontent.umgc.edu\/content\/umuc\/tus\/humn\/humn100\/2232\/additional-resources\/humn-100-required-resource-set&#8211;2&#8211;approaching-poetry.html<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Week 5 &nbsp;(Defining Art)&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>https:\/\/leocontent.umgc.edu\/content\/umuc\/tus\/humn\/humn100\/2232\/additional-resources\/humn-100-required-resource-set&#8211;1&#8211;defining-art.html<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>conduct your interview in person, through video conferencing or through email. Or, this might be a good option for you if you already know of someone to interview or are interested in a one-on-one conversation.&nbsp; For this option, conduct an interview with a professional who does something in the Humanities.&nbsp;Examples of people to interview for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[1140],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/20104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/20104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=20104"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=20104"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=20104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}