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No more NVivo! Dealing with coding frustrations in a study of contemporary Cambodian dance

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This paper offers a short reflection on the analytical practice of coding a large number of interviews as part of a long-term research project on the relationship between contemporary dance and national identity in Cambodia. It probes some of the assumptions that we make about ‘coding’ interviews an...

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