Ethnobotany Interview Planner

Before the interview, not during it. Question design, sequencing, consent, recording, and what to do when an answer opens something unexpected.

The planning stage is skipped by everyone and is what separates a useful transcript from a wasted afternoon.

The page has the planning template, question type guidance covering open and closed forms, a consent script, and a piloting requirement. Piloting on a classmate before the real interview catches most of the problems and takes ten minutes, and students who skip it always wish they had not.