#Task: Getting to understand people regarding how they see their current life and about images they might have about their future, ideal life
Research Plan
Goal:
What does Utopia mean for the interviewed person?
Objectives:
Understand what their personal utopia is
Get insight into what they would change about their life Investigate whether their current situation is an ideal situation
Location/Time:
Vögeligärtli, Lucerne, Switzerland Late Afternoon
Participants: Park visitors
Sample Questions:
What do you think of the future?
What do you look forward to in the future?
What does your normal day look like?
What does your ideal day look like?
Where are you living at the moment?
Where is home for you?
What makes a city feel like home to you?
What is a Utopia?
What is a Utopia for you?
If you could change anything, what would you change? Where do you see yourself in the future?
##Themes
Home: People spoke about where they live at the moment and where they would like to live. Most expressed feelings associated with this place.
Flexibility: In every interview flexibility, the ability to change, was mentioned. Both in the present and the future this played a role in each interview.
Values: People expressed what they do in their daily lives and what they enjoy doing.
**Time: ** Time was a key aspect in every interview but appeared in different forms. For most of the interviewed imagining a specific future in x amount of years was not possible.
**Change:**All people interviewed mentioned a change that they already know they are going to make.