ABSTRACT
The second interlude is another short chapter, which offers a few suggestions and ideas about preparatory steps towards a research project and its design. The chapter argues that, before starting to design and making first choices about methods or strategies, a researcher needs to do some preparatory work. Seminal ideas need to be developed, formed, connected, and related to each other. Preparation includes the points of departure, various underlying or root conditions, aims, and research questions.
