Refine your themes in Work mode

Every tool in view for the slow part of analysis: rewriting definitions, choosing quotes and marking how themes relate.

Used in phases 4 and 5, reviewing themes and defining themes

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Save as you go

Nothing is kept in the browser, so save your progress at natural breaks.

Where the refining happens

Reviewing and defining themes is careful, repeated work. Work mode keeps every tool visible on the espresso sidebar and the cream canvas, so you can read a theme, change your mind about it and record why, without switching screens.

The changes you make in Work mode are yours to keep. When you save your progress, they go into the same files as your coding, ready to load next time or to bring back into your spreadsheet.

  • DefinitionsRewrite a definitionEdit a theme's or code's working definition beside the quotes it has to account for.
  • Preferred quotesChoose your best evidenceStar the quotes that illustrate a code best. They rise to the top and are the ones Present mode shows.
  • ConnectionsRecord how themes relateJoin themes, codes and sub-codes, choose the kind of link and note why.

A refining session

One theme at a time works well.

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Your changes, in your files

Work mode edits the project open in your browser. Saving writes your changes to files on your own computer.

  • Read locally

    Transcripts and quotes are read locally and never leave the machine.

  • Nothing to submit

    No file submission or permanent storage is required.

  • Quotes untouched

    Verbatim quotes are never altered, with a separate refined column for presentation wording.

  • Sheets is opt in

    The Google Sheets mode is opt in, for non-sensitive data only.

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Your file. Your browser. Your screen. Nothing travels to Themescape.

Three ways to interact

View is for reading the map, Work is for changing it, and Present clears the screen for an audience. You can move between them at any time.

What Work mode changes, and what it never does

You can change definitions, stars and connections. Your verbatim quotes are never altered; tidied wording goes in the refined_quote column of your spreadsheet.

Keeping your changes

Since nothing is kept in the browser, changes made in Work mode last until you close the tab unless you save your progress. Saving downloads them as files you keep.

Related features

The features you will use alongside work mode, closest first.

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Definitions and quotesSelect any theme or code to read its working definition and the quotes behind it, without leaving the map.See the featureShow relationshipsDraw the links you see between themes, codes and sub-codes, each marked as found in the data, proposed in theory, or cause and effect.See the featureProgress filesSave your project to your own computer as files you can load next time, because Themescape keeps no copy of it.See the featurePresent modeHide the tools and enlarge the map and your strongest quotes for a supervision, a seminar or an examiner.See the feature

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