Allemann, L. The sami of the Kola Peninsula : about the life of an ethnic minority in the Soviet Union / Lukas Allemann ; [transl. by Michael Lomax]. - Rovaniemi : University of Lapland Printing Centre, 2013. - 151 p. : ill., map, portr. ; 25 см. - (Senter for samiske studier, Skriftserie ; 19).

Lukas Allemann seating. The word 'interview' should be avoided if possible: speaking of a 'conver­ sation' reduces the sense of expectancy. In most cases, the interviews were con­ ducted at the informant's home; this was proposed by the interviewees them­ selves and was extremely conducive to generating an atmosphere of safety and intimacy. Only in one case did the interlocutor prefer to meet in a neutral context. - Before the interview, one should not set out one's intentions in too great detail, as this could affect the conversation. The informant will then be tempted to pro­ vide 'desired' answers and arguments. - The interview style should be neither too direct nor contradictory. One should begin, not with an opening question, but with a request to narrate formulated in an as thematically and chronologically open a manner as possible. The start and end point of the narrative should as far as possible lie outside the period of prima­ ry interest to the interviewer. Likewise, it is unwise to set the desired start or end point of the story at a time of important historical change. In so doing one ob­ structs at least partially the important perspective changes that such pivotal times - such as the end of the war, the beginning of perestroika, or the end of the Soviet Union - may have occasioned in the interviewee. A successful request for narra­ tive was for example the one with Anna Jur'eva: "I'm interested mainly just about your life. Your environment, to your life belong indeed all sorts of people, also those closest to you: your children, husband, parents, and also the people with whom you worked. All this is interesting for me. Maybe just start with where and when you were born, how you lived in the family home. "63 2. For the main story, the following should be noted: - Periodic discreet, non-verbal signs of attention in the form of body language or an occasional "oh" or "aha" are important for successfully keeping the conversa­ tion going. Throughout the interviews, one should ideally be alone in the room with the interviewee with no outside disturbance. 63Jur'eva interview, lines 1-4. Senterfor samiske studier, Skriftserie nr. 19 24