Sunday mornings in the studio, analysing what feels like a never ending amount of data! The process here consists of several steps. After collecting this data during the charrettes I conducted in September in Amman, I took the last set of images of them while they were on the wall. Then I took the original files and marked them by group number, question numbers, and dates. The first set of images (taken after the 2nd activity in the workshop was completed) were transcribed (verbatim) as a visual map (using
Scapple). The images were cross checked to ensure nothing fell out when I transported the original files. This step consists of a lot of trying to figure out some handwriting!
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| Analysing Activities one and two from the Charrettes |
The second step was to transcribe the results from the final activity in the charrette. This entailed working from the original file and the images as well as the original visual map in Scapple. From there, I duplicate the file, and cluster the ideas based on how the participants clustered them. These are then cross-checked with the images.
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| Analysing the final activity in the workshops. Original file on the table, Scapple file on the screen. |
The third step in the analysis was to compare the questions. As each charrette consisted of two groups, I compared results from each group to each other by creating a separate Scapple file (using the final data only) and compared them by adding arrows to similar elements and then writing a summary of the discussion. This is done for each question.
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| Scapple File of the Question Comparison across groups |
Finally, the last step using visual maps is to compare the data from each group for each question across the two charrettes. This is then followed by at least 10 more steps (and a return to NVivo) to complete the analysis!
