interviews, interviews, interviews ... and chimarrão Well, this week turned, as the title suggests, almost anything just to my interviews. posted
on Monday (25.5.) decreased it to me after 14 hours of sleep after the disaster of the weekend again so far as well, but I was still a little bit and so I let the morning take it easy (that's the advantage in free Timing:)), because in the early afternoon I had my next interview, this time with Prof. Argemiro [arschemihro], professor of economics at the UNIJUI. The self and what was hit, because he had a tooth pulled this morning. That it did not prevent them to talk to almost 2 hours with me and thereby take over 98% of the speech parts, during the actual interviews even 99% is (yes, the interview finally to what the interviewee does not think about what I think). Argemiro so far has something to do with soybeans, as he is constantly making market analysis, not for soybeans, but wheat and maize and the results of this analysis available free of charge makes. For the farmer this information is extremely valuable because they can make decisions based on that analysis, when they think they can sell their production at best. After the interview I asked Argemiro if he could give me some tips on where I can not find literature on the recent history of soybean cultivation in the region. Instead he gave me tips from him to the book written on this subject present. Very generous! And practical:)
The next interview I had on Wednesday morning (27.5) with Luiz, the Vice-President of the COTRIJUI (Cooperative Ijuí), who holds this office already for 12 years.. It is noteworthy that even Luiz "Only" a small farmer with 25 hectares of land is. According to him, it is rather rare that a small farmer holding a high post in a cooperative, as they are considered among the major producers is not as good as they tend to be even somewhat less educated and a simpler language to speak as the "Great "and the big producers he prefers to see someone from their ranks on the board.
So a vice-president is of course much more engaged, more so if the President himself is not there and assume the vice-president of the latter's responsibilities in this discussion. We had planned only a half hour, in the end it was then but 45 minutes because the next visitor late. Good, but that did not help me much further, because Luiz talked already to go from hard-working, God and the world, although I had asked anything at all ... But for the talk about God and the world went so ever 10 - 15 minutes on it. Then I could finally start my record and make my first interview question. On this question, talking Luiz but then blithely go for it what is so good in itself, people should speak so, but he also heard as soon not with talking to ... well, I was at some point my methodology, I normally the practitioner interviews (this includes a specific set of questions and also to make the common, gradually filling in a sheet), something largely desperate because I Luiz not really a chance to ask questions of other issues were, precisely because he so diligently hinplauderte on. Well, what did he say, I can still use, there was still not much for me this is relevant, but so very compliant because it was given. But not so bad.
What a little aggravating to come, but was very slurred speech by Luiz. I've already understood most of it, but the transcription of the interviews was that despite it was not that long, but a lot of work (even Daniel has some of the things that could not identify, I do not understand ...)
this Wednesday evening, I'm Felicia and Nadia chimarrão to-drink, popcorn-eating mosquitoes and gone to visit.
chimarrão What? Chimarrão is something like the national drink of the gauchos, so the residents of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. And it is fair to say national drink, because, first, the chimarrão in Brazil drunk almost exclusively in Rio Grande do Sul and, secondly, the gauchos feel more than Gaúchos than as a Brazilian (a bit like Bayern in Germany, this is recognized because the whole city at the cry and growls and fireworks is released when "Inter" or "Grêmio", the two high-level Football team from Rio Grande do Sul, to score a goal. In international matches the Brazilian Seleção the city remains calm, however ...). However, the chimarrão the gauchos accompanied always and everywhere, whether in the university in the lectures, at work, even at the gym or walking (if they bring nothing else but the chimarrão and its 2 liters of hot water in the thermos need be). All of focus could be described as the chimarrão Mate tea. But is not just mate tea. It is one of them a whole lot of customs and special accessories. First you need as a drinking vessel, the cuia, a product made from a calabash "Cup". Add to that the bomba, a straw made of metal with a flattened mouthpiece at one end and a strainer is at the other end. Both accessories are usually more ornamented and decorated. Then, most importantly, the erva mate, the mate leaf powder. I had a lot of it comes in the cuia and will be compressed to a certain white, so it vertically instead of horizontally in sets of cuia. You put the Bomba to the whole thing fills with cold water (which is to give the "construction" more strength), the cold water runs through the straw again and spits out the water from again. It contains indeed still a lot of loose material powder and cold tea is not anyway Renner says, right? Thereafter, the chimarrão has come ready to use. He was so filled with hot water and then begin the "fun". The first chimarrão drinkt always the person who prepared it (I explain that as a guarantee that no poison in it), but then goes round the chimarrão and it is enjoyed by all present persons. Yes, all with the same "straw". There are also a number of rules to follow when drinking the chimarrão:
- Do not ask for sugar.
- not complain about the fact that it was unhygienic, when all drink from the same vessel with the same straw.
- not complain about the fact that the chimarrão is too hot.
- not be left half, but drink the chimarrão always empty.
- not suitable for the slurping sounds at the end of shame.
- rumstochern Not with the bomba in chimarrão.
- not the order in which the chimarrão is given from one person to the next change.
- "asleep" Not with the chimarrão in hand.
- not condemn the home side that he drinks the first chimarrão.
ask Because of the many rules, the people here a well, whether you already "Learned" chimarrão has to drink instead of asking simply whether one has ever seen a drunk. At the reception in Rio Grande do Sul, which is available in the rest of Brazil are a pot of coffee, so you can treat yourself to the attendees cafezinho, a small coffee, may also stand in Rio Grande do Sul / solely an operational chimarrão and a thermos with hot water.
and this is my first home-made AND chimarrão functioning. Yes, that simple because that was not because to make. Often you can see also that the people put a small figurine to decorate this green part of Mate. Very cute. 
But when it's cold, so chimarrão definitely a good thing:) (and drink the gauchos him even at 40 degrees in the shade)
... and went with the evening then probably the last warm day end, for already on the way back from Feli and Nadia, only about half a km from where I live Pensao it was pretty cool and has since also changed only slightly. So the beginning of winter. But well, I'm glad that there still so long and warm summer was here in southern Brazil.
on Thursday (28.5.) Because I had to get up early for the next interview with Carlos from the Sindicato de Trabalhadores Rurais de Ijuí, the Syndicate of agricultural workers and small farmers (especially small farmers and family farms). With Carlos the interview was much better than the previous day with Luiz. Overall, Carlos looked a bit disinterested in me, even though he told stories, but this may have simply concerned that he has spoken so slowly (the transcription gave his 50 minute interview recording as much text as the 38 minutes from Luis, and the transcription, the easy going:)). And perhaps it also has to think as I have ascertained in the past in transcription, some quite idiotic demand had been a little late ... but stop when I came home and Feli attention according to me ... not quite so lush even had to hold back during the interview not to yawn ... embarrassing.
And on Friday morning (29.5.), Where it was pretty cold, about 4 degrees ..., then followed directly the interview with Valdir, president of the Sindicato Patronal Rural de Ijuí, the syndicate of farmers with large and medium-sized businesses (ie more than 50 acres). Valdir also liked the speeches like me at the beginning of the first times an introduction to the development of soybean cultivation in the region and given me a whole brought my longest interview recording (1:38 h), while also talking very fast (I would guess 3 full days sitting in transcription. ...), But it was very nice. And I could make all my questions and check off all the parts of my methodology. Actually, we only had to have had time clock at 9:30, because he would have another appointment to go gemusst, but that has not bothered him so much and it was 10:20 clock until I came out of his office. After the interview he has given me more then a pen and a key chain from the syndicate and also take me to my request with a soy-scale producers to interview the name, he came directly and ran the whole thing in the paths.
And here are a few more photos:
Mara the 2 nights a week live in the Pensao and in the actors group of UNIJUI play, so I always learn from the performance dates:), and I, when it was still warm ...
There mini roundabout not only in Haßloch! The have even a "swab" in the middle of it and have improved the traffic flow actually ...
