Rebecca Gibson (2019 cohort) is currently recruiting for the Nostalgic Gifting study:
What is the study for?
We are interested in exploring nostalgia within hybrid gift-giving. Hybrid gifting in this case is a physical gift which includes a digital aspect. We are looking to recruit pairs of participants, with one participant being the gift-giver and one being the recipient.
What would I have to do?
Gift-giver
- Create a gift online.
- Upload a photograph to accompany your gift.
- Take part in a 30-minute interview.
- Reflect upon your experience.
Recipient
- Receive a gift!
- Take part in a 30-minute interview.
- Reflect upon your experiences.
How?
- The study is entirely online.
- Gift-givers will use a website to create the gift.
- Photographs will be attached digitally to the gift.
- Gifts will be posted to recipient’s home address.
Who?
- 18 years or over.
- You do not have any severe food allergies or dietary requirements.
- You own a smart phone and have access to the internet.
- You are based in the UK.
What do I get?
- Gift-givers get to create a gift for loved one!
- Recipient will get to receive a gift.
- Contribution to an emerging gifting paradigm.
Process Overview
- Send the person you wish to give a gift to this information/ask them to see if they would be interested.
- If yes, then email Rebecca making sure to copy your selected recipient in.
- The recipient will then be sent a screening form to check for any allergies and to ensure they are safe to receive post.
- If they pass the screening form and you are both happy to take part in the study then you will be sent consent forms.
- The recipient will then provide us with shipping details.
- The gift-giver will then receive a link to create the gift online.
- The gift will then be shipped to the recipient.
- The gift will arrive!
- The gift-giver will be interviewed.
- The recipient will be interviewed.
Contact
If you have any questions about the study, please contact:
Rebecca.gibson@nottingham.ac.uk