Remind me why we're doing this?

As most of you are discovering, the analysis part of all this is work! We are faced with the insufficiency of our data. We bump into our own selves, our prejudices and biases. We are fearful to make judgments about what another person might believe, love or become...Below is a brief reflection from Steve - the obvious brains behind this operation - on the analysis process. I found it a simple and elegant reminder of why it is and how it is that we are doing all this so I thought I would share it. Thanks for all of your work in this!

"We've been encouraging a process that takes you through the data five times: the first three (what, how, and why) comprising the "inductive" steps of analysis; the next two ("heart triangle" and "frankena's boxes") framing the "deductive" steps. So in the first movement of analysis, you try to let the data speak for itself by asking increasingly interpretive questions of them. In the second movement, you look at the data through the lenses of the two models we have been using most frequently to see if those models illuminate something that was missed in the first movement. In many cases, or at least some cases, looking through the "heart triangle" and "frankena's boxes" at the data will cause you to see aspects a little more fully energized by the value system that undergirds the project--namely, that what is "inside" people (beliefs, becomings, loves) is most enduring and what is "below the surface" (boxes A,B,C, and D) is critical to any human system's essence."