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‘Have you thought how you are going to represent this?’ John asked me the dreaded question again. I think this was the third time, and I was beginning to wonder why it was a grave concern of his. After some consideration, I realised at the heart of his questioning is some fundamental reasoning in qualitative research – when I know, or think I know how I am going to represent something, it is far easier to work out when I am finished collecting data and begin the writing process!

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Vernon, T. (2007). Beyond Bricolage. In: Taylor, P.C., Wallace, J. (eds) Contemporary Qualitative Research. Science & Technology Education Library, vol 33. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5920-9_18

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