The Geffrye museum in conjunction with a team of post-graduate students from UCL is putting on an exhibition this spring. We are researching possible titles for an exhibition about student living and student homes.

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* 1. The exhibition is about student homes and we are considering themes of Food & Kitchens and Personal Objects.

Thinking about the Food & Kitchens in a student home, would you consider kitchen equipment in student homes to be personal or shared objects?

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* 2. If you had to describe the role/significance of the kitchen in the student home in THREE words – what would they be?

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* 3. Do you think a student’s kitchen equipment can represent their cultural background?

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* 4. Thinking about personal objects. In what context (if any) have you heard the term ‘personal object of meaning’ before?

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* 5. What do you think ‘personal object of meaning’ means?

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* 6. Do you think personal objects represent/symbolise your identity?

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* 7. Do you think personal objects have more, less or equal importance in student homes than in family homes?

  more less equal
Importance of personal objects in student homes

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* 8. Which of the themes below interests you the most in the context of student homes?

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* 9. We are planning to publicise our exhibition through a variety of traditional and new media. Which social media sites do you use the most?

  Used most Used second Used third
Facebook
Twitter
Linked-In
Google+

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* 10. If you visited the student homes exhibition what would you like it to include? Please choose the THREE elements you prefer from the following list.

  First Second Third
Photos of student rooms/their objects/themselves
Displays of personal objects
Audio or ‘talking heads’
Music
Activities – such as cooking, tasting, making things
Video
Text
Mock-ups/models/representations

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* 11. Looking at the six titles below, in the context of student living and student homes – which three titles interest you the most?

  First choice Second choice Third choice
A. Fusion & Confusion
B. Student Living: Just Passing through
C. Who Stole My Milk?
D. Your Mother Doesn’t Live Here
E. Funny, Messy, Whiskey
F. Uni! No Parents

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* 12. Looking at your three preferred titles, what do you think they say about student living and student homes. (Please note feel free to write down anything that comes to mind when you see the title!)

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* 13. The Geffrye is a ‘museum of the home’. Do you find this an attractive theme for a museum?

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* 14. How often do you visit a museum or gallery?

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* 15. Which museums have you visited in the last year?

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* 16. How much do you agree with the following statements.

  Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree
I love visiting museums
I think museums are boring
I find museums out of date, I'd rather surf the net
Museums are full of cool stuff
There's nothing for me in museums

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* 17. Where do you live?

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* 18. Do you live in a student home? (or hall)

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* 19. How old are you?

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* 20. Your gender

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* 21. Interview completed online or face to face?

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