Plan of Action

Type up questions for questionaire.
Post thread up on a forum (for any experiences dealing with loneliness)
Go to a Dublin meet up.
Take photographs
Derive


I want to collect as much information as possible, I have done alot of thinking for this project and I just need to get out there and start collecting info now.

Some other ideas which could connect in with the idea of loneliness is the idea of emmigration and exclusion, which is a big issue these days in the public. So I am going to go to a 'New to Dublin' meet up to talk to people who are new here and about their experiences of what it is like to be new in a place and have they come across any form of social exclusion etc etc!!

Questions for my Questionaire
Are you on your own today?
Why is it that you're on your own?
What kind of thoughts go through your mind when you're on your own/alone in public space?
What does loneliness mean to you?
What does aloneness mean to you?
Do you think there are alot of lonely people out there?
Have you had any experiences regarding loneliness?
What do you consider a public space to be? What are it's functons in relation to social interaction?

I also want to ask them more personal questions like what they do for a living, do they go to college, how did they find that experience? etc
I think you can learn alot more about the loneliness in people by asking about their own situation rather then generic questions about loneliness.

For the people I am meeting in the New to Dublin group I want to ask them questions such as:
How are they coping with emerging into Dublin society?
Have they got jobs? was it easy/hard?
Have they come accross any kind/form of exclusion?
What interests do they have?
Do they think that Dublin is a friendly place?
How did they find their first few weeks here?
Are they more likely to become lonely?
Is there a major culture shock?
What's so different about the people here to where they come from?