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We want to interview and discuss with individuals of horseshoe-related professions such as farmers, horse stable workers, horse jockey, veterinarians, animal activist and most importantly farriers (people specialize in horseshoeing). We have different questions prepared for asking different interviewees seeing as we want to acquire different perspectives and knowledge regarding the horseshoe technology. For the farmer and stable worker we want to ask the following questions · Do the horses wear the horseshoe while resting at night? · Are there any differences in terms of performance of the horse with a glued or nail or different kinds of horseshoe? · Are there different types of horseshoes made specifically for different types of horses? For the horse jockey we want to ask the following questions · Does different kind of horseshoe affect the performance of the horse on the race track and training? · What major problems relating to the horse’s limb concerns the horse jockey? For the veterinarians and animal activist we want to ask the following questions · What health problems arise for the horse when wearing a bad horseshoe? · What stress and strains are put on the horse because of wearing horseshoe? · Is it really ethical for horses to wear horseshoe? · What improvements or changes will you like to see made regarding on the horseshoe and why? For the farrier we will ask most of the questions mentioned above and a few more additional questions, because farrier are the specialist for putting the horseshoe on for the horse in every different environment and care for the horses’ lower limbs. · Are there practices of the horseshoe making that are aim to match different priorities- cheaper and faster instead of more durable and safer?
 * D) We plan to find individuals who will have different but insightful perspectives to help develop and innovate for the improved horseshoe. **

The questions are note for initiating discussion with the individual to allow us to better communicate and to collect insightful and useful data for our design. We will locate each possible candidate for interviews and contact them through e-mail or phone.