Sociolinguistic Interview (Group 1) zag_soc20150902_g1

In this session we conducted a group interview on sociolinguistic topics (the first of four). The four consultants (group of elder men: Mr. Addouma Abdarahman Mahadi, Mr. Adam Rahma Jamous Mohamadeen, Mr. Omar Arbab Abdalkarim Siliman and Mr. Abdulkarim Idris Ibrahim) were presented questions by the research assistent Elsadig Omda Ibrahim Elnur as a stimulus for a free discussion. In particular the preparation and procedure in these sociolinguistic interviews was as follows: Before the meeting EOI had prepared the English questions (cf. list as pdf) in Arabic and in Zaghawa since the consultants discussed in Zaghawa (mixed with Arabic due to the complexity of the topic). On the day of the meeting some of the central topics were explained before the discussion. During the discussion and the recording itself the group got the questions read aloud by EOI (in Arabic or Zaghawa), but they conducted the discussion by themselves. EOI chaired the discussion e.g. in order to get back to questions that had not been touched on or to pass to another question, but with minimal intrusion. In this first group not all feel comfortable and it is not a homogenous group (e.g. in terms of education). The group did not get into a real discussion and as a result the recording rather consists of individual statements by each of the participants. The recordings were translated as summaries in English by EOI (written down by LIC, see pdf).