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© 2021 V&R unipress, Brill Deutschland GmbH ISBN Print: 9783847113232 – ISBN E-Lib: 9783737013239 2.4 Dataanalysis Oncethe informationhadbeencollected, thequalitativedatawasorganisedand analysed following content analysis guidelines, given the need to ascertain— through ethnographic analysis—how these two innovative practices operated, and theparticipants’pointsof viewaskeyplayers in theirdevelopment. 3 Results The results show thatbookclubs anddialogic literary gatheringsdiffer in eight significant aspects, in addition to their origin, as described in the theoretical framework.Theyhavebeengroupedinpairs inordertobetteraccountforthem: (1)participants and timelines, (2)purposeandvariants, (3) coordinator(s) and moderation, and (4) literaryworksand their selection. 3.1 Participants and timelines The participants in the literary gatherings had very different reading levels, predominantlybelongingtoexcludedsocialgroupswithoutaconsistentreading habit.However,bookclubsusuallyinvolvedadultswithauniversitydegreeanda highreading level,whohaddevelopedthehabitofreadingtoacertainextent. In the case of children’s clubs, those who had a better predisposition towards reading tended to join. Thisdifferenceintheprofileofusersisrelatedtothefactthatbookclubshave grownmostlyundertheauspicesof libraries,whereas literarygatheringsstarted inadulteducationcentres.Inbothgroups,heterogeneityamongtheparticipants was seen inagood light. In the clubs, there are usually monthly meetings where the whole book is discussed(orhalfof it, if it isvery long,suchasTheCavernbySaramago),while indialogicliterarygatheringsameetingisheld—usuallyweekly—withtheaimof discussingaspecificnumberofpagespreviouslydeterminedby thegroup(one chapter, twenty pages, etc.). In a dialogic literary gathering, according to the principles of solidarity andegalitariandialogue, thework is fragmented intoas manyparts as the group feel is needed tomake it accessible to all participants (basedonreasonedarguments). Themeetingsof themembersof a clubandagatheringusually last between one and two hours, as decided by the groups.Meetings are aimed at the dis- cussion and in-depthunderstandingof the bookbeing read. Eachperson’s in- terpretationbasedontheirexperience isof interest.Usually, thedurationof the CarmenÁlvarez-Álvarez248 Open-Access-Publikation im Sinne der CC-Lizenz BY 4.0