My Public Living Room Interviews 2014

The data contain three interviews conducted in English in Toronto as part of the research component of the public space art project called "My Public Living Room". The project was realized in collaboration with the Toronto-based non-governmental organisation SKETCH Working Arts. The interviewees were young aspiring artistic and cultural producers who participated in the project, attended a workshop and collaboratively developed and realized an installation in a central public space of Toronto. The project was an exploration on the importance of public space as a living room for homeless queer youth. Many themes were discussed during the project and some are mentioned in the interviews. Themes such as social and spatial exclusion, identity, representation, community and belonging, etc. The focus of the interviews was public space. The interviewees talked about their backgrounds, their favourite public spaces, their positive and negative experiences of/in public spaces, their ideal public spaces, etc. The three interviewees were members of ethnic and sexual minorities, therefore some of the questions sought to unfold their understanding of the discrimination they might had suffered in public space. Background information included the interviewee's gender and age.

本数据集收录了在多伦多进行的三项英语访谈，这些访谈作为公共空间艺术项目“我的公共客厅”研究部分的组成部分。该项目由多伦多以SKETCH Working Arts命名的非政府组织联合实施。受访者均为参与项目、出席研讨会并共同在多伦多市中心公共空间内实施装置的年轻有抱负的艺术和文化创作者。该项目旨在探讨公共空间作为无家可归的LGBTQ青年生活客厅的重要性。在项目过程中，探讨了众多主题，其中一些在访谈中也有所提及。诸如社会和空间排斥、身份认同、代表性、社区与归属感等主题均被广泛讨论。访谈的重点聚焦于公共空间。受访者分享了他们的背景信息、喜爱的公共空间、在公共空间中的正面与负面体验、他们理想中的公共空间等。由于三位受访者均为种族和性少数群体成员，因此部分问题旨在揭示他们在公共空间可能遭受的歧视经历。背景信息还包括受访者的性别和年龄。