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• Using the notes from stage 2, the line-by-line summary from stage 5, and the emerging
themes from stage 6, the interview text generated the initial themes used in chapter four
from the first interview. I decided to use this as a guide, but be open to modification as
the interviews progressed.
• The text was then re-read alongside the line-by-line summary. This enabled the reader
to get back into the actual language used in the interview that sets up a dialogue with the
line-by-line summary.
This method offers a reflexive entering into the dynamic engagement generated in the
interview. The problem with such a detailed qualitative engagement became clear during
the transcription phase as it generated an enormous amount of data. Selecting the interviews
on the basis of geographic location (excluding Dublin as it introduced another diverse
cultural and theoretical [Lacanian] context) and restricting the California interviews to three,
rather than the six conducted on the basis of reflexive engagement, still generated 123,000
words of interview text. The complete transcript of one of these interviews is contained in
appendix two demonstrating the format and style developed for this research. The
remaining interview transcripts are to be found on an accompanying CD contained at the
back of the thesis. This material is copyrighted to Alistair Ross and not for publication by a
third party in line with the ethical agreement reached between the interviewees and myself.
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