Coming to study -- On the deliberative nature of the dissertation -- Meanings of the dissertation -- Facing the dissertation -- Orienting oneself to interpretive inquiry -- Situating oneself in the inquiry -- Rethinking the concept of method -- Rethinking the concept of data -- Moving from the experiential to the theoretic -- Developing ideas for the dissertation proposal -- Crafting an interpretive dissertation proposal -- Proposing the dissertation study -- Living with the study -- Entering into public discourse? the dissertation meeting -- Life after the dissertation
