<p>During visits at I developed a series of questions, that was based on documents and online material around this topic. The artists Katarina Jazbec and Setareh Noorani initially joined in forming questions, and initiated, a series of informal interviews and conversations with frequenters and inhabitants around those spots.</p>
<p>During my visits to the spots where Mosquitos are installed, I developed a series of questions, that was based on documents and online material around this topic. The artists Katarina Jazbec and Setareh Noorani initially joined in forming questions, and initiated, a series of informal interviews and conversations with frequenters and inhabitants around those spots.</p>
<h3id="to-frequenters">to frequenters</h3><h4id="sound-and-device">sound and device</h4><ul><li><em>Do you notice the sound?</em></li><li>Does this sound remind you of something?</li><li><em>How would you describe it?</em></li><li><em>Can you mimic it?</em></li><li>What is the meaning of the high pitched sound for you?</li><li><em>Is the sound directional or spread?</em></li><li>Does it change depending on distance and angle you are?</li><li>Do you think the Mosquito alarm is 'smart'? Why?</li></ul><h4id="embodied-experience">embodied experience</h4><ul><li>How do you feel about it?</li><li>Are you noise sensitive?</li><li><em>What do you sense in your body?</em></li><li>Are you irritated when you are exposed to it for a prolonged time?</li><li>In your imagination what form this sound has? Is it like a ghostly experience?</li></ul><h4id="hanging-out">hanging out</h4><ul><li><em>Why do you hang-out here?</em></li><li>What do you do when you hear the high pitched tone? Do you leave?</li><li><em>Have you changed your frequent hang-out spot because of that?</em></li><li>What sounds would you like to listen to in the public space?</li><li>In the city there are bats, rats, cats, dogs, birds that hangout as well. <em>Do you ever see animals passing by?</em></li><li>Do you think animals are also bothered by the sound?</li></ul><h4id="negotiations">negotiations</h4><ul><li>Do you feel unwelcome here?</li><li>Do you hear complaints from the inhabitants for your presence?</li><li>Have you been approached by somebody and had conversation about nuisance?</li><li>Were you introduced to other alternatives? Like the youth social workers?</li><li>How was it before in the neighborhood for you?</li><li><em>What would make possible to renegotiate the act of 'hanging out' with the inhabitants?</em></li><li><em>Did you ever file a complaint for the sound?</em></li></ul><h3id="to-inhabitants">to inhabitants</h3><h4id="activation-and-device">activation and device</h4><ul><li>Do you know about the Mosquito device?</li><li>Can you hear it?</li><li><em>How is it activated/switched on?</em></li><li><em>Who controls the buzzer?</em></li><li>Do you get updates for the results of the use of the mosquito?</li><li><em>Do you experience nuisance from the device?</em></li><li>Who decided to use it?</li><li>Do you have children or young friends that visit you? Do they hear this sound and are they annoyed by it?</li></ul><h4id="nuisance-problem">nuisance problem</h4><ul><li>What is happening in your area during the night that you don't like? Can you describe the situation?</li><li>How did you address the issue at the first place? Did you ever talk to these young people?</li><li><em>How did you complain about it? Did you use some app? Or did you make a phone call?</em></li></ul><h4id="safety">safety</h4><ul><li><em>Do you feel safe now after the use of the Mosquitos?</em></li><li><em>Is the device a good and safe response to the yearlong problem of loitering youth?</em></li><li>Is the neighborhood better controlled now?</li><li>Was any other solution applied in the past?</li><li>This hangout seems very cozy for young people. Your home is next to a designed pleasant hangout. What do you think about that?</li></ul><p><br/>
<h3id="to-frequenters">to frequenters</h3><h4id="sound-and-device">sound and device</h4><ul><li><em>Do you notice the sound?</em></li><li>Does this sound remind you of something?</li><li><em>How would you describe it?</em></li><li><em>Can you mimic it?</em></li><li>What is the meaning of the high pitched sound for you?</li><li><em>Is the sound directional or spread?</em></li><li>Does it change depending on distance and angle you are?</li><li>Do you think the Mosquito alarm is 'smart'? Why?</li></ul><h4id="embodied-experience">embodied experience</h4><ul><li>How do you feel about it?</li><li>Are you noise sensitive?</li><li><em>What do you sense in your body?</em></li><li>Are you irritated when you are exposed to it for a prolonged time?</li><li>In your imagination what form this sound has? Is it like a ghostly experience?</li></ul><h4id="hanging-out">hanging out</h4><ul><li><em>Why do you hangout here?</em></li><li>What do you do when you hear the high pitched tone? Do you leave?</li><li><em>Have you changed your frequent hang-out spot because of that?</em></li><li>What sounds would you like to listen to in the public space?</li><li>In the city there are bats, rats, cats, dogs, birds that hangout as well. <em>Do you ever see animals passing by?</em></li><li>Do you think animals are also bothered by the sound?</li></ul><h4id="negotiations">negotiations</h4><ul><li>Do you feel unwelcome here?</li><li>Do you hear complaints from the inhabitants for your presence?</li><li>Have you been approached by somebody and had conversation about nuisance?</li><li>Were you introduced to other alternatives? Like the youth social workers?</li><li>How was it before in the neighborhood for you?</li><li><em>What would make possible to renegotiate the act of 'hanging out' with the inhabitants?</em></li><li><em>Did you ever file a complaint for the sound?</em></li></ul><h3id="to-inhabitants">to inhabitants</h3><h4id="activation-and-device">activation and device</h4><ul><li>Do you know about the Mosquito device?</li><li>Can you hear it?</li><li><em>How is it activated/switched on?</em></li><li><em>Who controls the buzzer?</em></li><li>Do you get updates for the results of the use of the mosquito?</li><li><em>Do you experience nuisance from the device?</em></li><li>Who decided to use it?</li><li>Do you have children or young friends that visit you? Do they hear this sound and are they annoyed by it?</li></ul><h4id="nuisance-problem">nuisance problem</h4><ul><li>What is happening in your area during the night that you don't like? Can you describe the situation?</li><li>How did you address the issue at the first place? Did you ever talk to these young people?</li><li><em>How did you complain about it? Did you use some app? Or did you make a phone call?</em></li></ul><h4id="safety">safety</h4><ul><li><em>Do you feel safe now after the use of the Mosquitos?</em></li><li><em>Is the device a good and safe response to the yearlong problem of loitering youth?</em></li><li>Is the neighborhood better controlled now?</li><li>Was any other solution applied in the past?</li><li>This hang-out seems very cozy for young people. Your home is next to a designed pleasant hang-out. What do you think about that?</li></ul><p><br/>
<h3>to both</h3></p><ul><li><em>Do you hear the Mosquito behind the walls or windows? Is the sound absorbed in the walls or water?</em></li><li>In what perimeter do you think the sound is emitted? <em>Do you stay out of the range?</em></li><li>How loud do you think it is?</li><li>Do you think this device is 'smart'? Why?</li><li>Are any of your freedoms restricted because of nuisance/noise?</li><li>Why you think these streets were chosen for installing these devices? Is there some history of anti-social behavior there?</li><li>Did you encounter other similar interventions in this area in the past?</li></ul>
