Focus Group i3s
In June 2024, a two-session focus group was held at i3s, Research Institute in Innovation and Health. By coming into unmediated contact with health researchers, the aim was to gather narratives that may humanise their work.
Feedback Loop Focus Group
In May 2024, a focus group took place at Maus Hábitos, with the aim of validating a range of project outputs. Feedback was gathered from youngsters (with parents’ permission), communication BA students, and secondary school staff with extensive experience of teaching younger age groups.
DAD Focus Group
In May 2024, a think-tank took place at UPTEC Baixa. Gathering tam members, advanced PhD Design students and UPTEC business representatives, it served as a late stage overall debriefing of the project towards emerging conclusions.
Interviews
Between March 2023 and February 2024, a range of individual interviews were conducted in order to gather, substantiate and validate the premises of the project. Interviewees included statistics experts, anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, sports managers, health carers, television anchors, health researchers, neuropsychologists, behavioral economists and hospital equipment resellers:
20230313 interview with Marta Coelho, Professor of Biotechnology - ZOOM
20230316 interview with Fernando Barbosa, Researcher in Neurophysiology - IN PERSON
20230329 interview with AC (anonymity requested) (vaccine skeptic and subscriber of various conspiracy theories) - IN PERSON
20230419 interview with JA (anonymity requested) (sports manager, vaccine skeptic) - IN PERSON
20230505 interview with RP (anonymity requested) (health professional, vaccine skeptic) - IN PERSON
20230512 interview with JC (anonymity requested) (believer in a range of conspiracy theories) - IN PERSON
20230607 interview with RL (anonymity requested) (telecommunications engineer, performed a critical inventory of covid-related information errors in mainstream media) - IN PERSON
20240212 interview with LG (anonymity requested), Researcher of Immunology - ZOOM
20240215 interview with Daniel Catalão, State TV journalist and presenter - ZOOM