State of the art:
On a scale from 1-10 we're on a 5 at the moment. So far we've had one meeting (Liranda with her relatives and Angela with hers) with our collaboration partners, where we explained what our project is about to them. We informed them that we're currently working on a survey, which we will send to them in due course and also that we are in need of some footage of their plastic waste that they create during one day. We also did a good amount of research already, so we can start writing our texts soon. All in all, it is clear now who has to do what.
Challenges:
As expected, our relatives asked us to translate the survey in their mother tongue, which is kind of stressful for us since our skills in the languages concerned aren't perfect. But most unfortunate is the fact that our relatives aren't as collaborative as we've expected them to be. As mentioned above, we've asked them to send us pictures. Up until now they haven't sent us any, despite several reminders. We figured that they might not be very interested in the topic of our project.
Chances:
Even if we're not in the best situation with our collaboration partners right now, we'll take this as a chance to work on our responsibility. From this, we can conclude that, you shouldn't give up even if things are not going according to plan. It is important to be as flexible as possible, in order to make the project work somehow.