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discourses in which we are all routinely awash’ (Clarke, 2005, p. 142). This creates a ‘thick analysis’ (Fosket, 2002, p. 40); reflective of Geertz’s (1973) ‘thick descriptions’. A thick analysis assertively considers and depicts ‘the complexity of elements (situations, social world/arenas, and positions) that were present and influential in the social world, ‘as well as their obvious nuanced interrelationships with each other’ (Bergeron, 2008; Larsen, 2010; Ness, 2011, p. 58). 6.9 Summary Having interrogated the data in greater depth using situational analysis, and having created the maps, particularly the social world/arenas map, the researcher is in a position to present the study’s findings. To present the findings in an orderly fashion, the discussion of findings is structured with reference to the groups and elements contained in the social world/arena map and to the map itself (see Figure 6.8). This discussion is presented in the next chapter.