Focus Group 2 – BA GMD Year 3 Students

Recording Session 1:

Transcript Session 1:
(Un-edited)

Participants Session 1:
Hubert Cheng
Prin Akapongkul
Ravin Raori

Focus Group Questions:
(OpenAI ChatGPT, 2024)
Note*I would like to acknowledge my use of OpenAI Chat GPT in helping structure the questions for my focus groups. I used the AI to help brainstorm some ideas and refine the questions for my focus group. (Refer to Focus Group Methods Post for more details on the prompt)

1. Reflection on Expectations: Looking back to your first year, how did your expectations about friendships and community evolve over time?
2. Role of Friendships: How have friendships influenced your academic experience, creativity, or personal growth during the course?
3. Community Impact: In what ways has being part of a community (or lack of one) shaped your time at university?
4. Significant Relationships: Are there any specific relationships or moments that stand out as particularly impactful?
5. Challenges and Growth: Did you face any challenges in maintaining or building connections, and how did you navigate them?
6. Advice for New Students: What advice would you give to first-year students about fostering friendships and a sense of belonging?

Further Data and Analysis Session 1:

Link to Miro board: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVL6TC3zs=/?share_link_id=621103465229

I spent some time with the students to look at some of the responses generated and started to draw some links/connections between their reflections.

Recording Session 2:

Transcript Session 2:
(Un-edited)

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Participants Session 2:
Chloe Chen Chen
Prin Akapongkul
Ravin Raori

Session 2 Activity 1:
I wanted to start analysing some of the data with the students to introduce a participatory element (Refer to Refer to Focus Group Methods Post)

(From Ravin)

Hi folks,
Using some of the data we generated last time, the first task is to pick out 5-6 statements that feel like they mean the most to you?
Perhaps something you resonate with, maybe something you hadn’t thought about before – it could be a value that you hope to take with you moving forward or anything else you find meaningful

Data and Analysis from Activity 1

Link to Miro board: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVL6TC3zs=/?share_link_id=621103465229

Session 2 Activity 2:
(From Ravin)

Hi folks,
Looking at what moved us as individuals – can we start to Organise them under themes .This is a starting point – we can always add more themes.

The themes/categories included (Definitions, Values, Commitments and Misc.)

Data Collected and Analysis:
We analysed and sorted the reflections as a group (see below) to start to articulate an understanding of community and belonging together.

Link to Miro board: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVL6TC3zs=/?share_link_id=621103465229

Note* I would like to acknowledge my work with the Creative Producer Programme at Ars Electronica in 2021. The co-authoring of a manifesto as part of this programme has been a constant source of inspiration in helping me find ways to articulate collective experience and also use Miro as a tool for working.

References:
1. OpenAI ChatGPT (2024) ChatGPT response to Ravin Raori, 28 November.
2. A Manifesto for Creative Producing:
Original Attribution-
Work originally developed as part of the Creative Producer Program for the Ars Electronica Festival 2021, a six-week program that gathered 22 practitioners with the aim of creating a Manifesto for Creative Producing. creativeproducing.online Allison Costa (US), Ana Prendes (GB), Christiana Kazakou (GB), Cui Yin Mok (SG), Hyash Tanmoy (IN), Illya Szilak (US), Ilona Puskas (HU), Justin Berry (US), Kavita Gonsalves (AU), Kazz Morohashi (GB), Kofi Oduro (CA), Komal Jain (IN), Lizzie Crouch (GB), Madhushree Kamak (IN), Maria Kuzmina (RU), Mark Bolotin (AU), Matt Gingold (AU), Nicholas Medvescek (US), Ravin Raori (GB), Robin Reid (US), Viviana Quea (AT), Zeynep Birsel (NL)

Harvard-
Costa, A., Prendes, A., Kazakou, C., Mok, C. Y., Birsel, Z., Quea, V., Reid, R., Raori, R., Medvescek, N., Gingold, M., Bolotin, M., Kuzmina, M., Kamak, M., Crouch, L., Jain, K., Oduro, K., Morohashi, K., Gonsalves, K., Berry, J., … Tanmoy, H., (2023). A Manifesto for Creative Producing. Creative Producing Online. Avalaible at: https://creativeproducing.online/ (Accessed: 13 Feb 2024).