This final chapter proposes a more reflective stance on the overall project of a regional, dialogical case study and considers the many ways by which it can be said to be dialogical. First, it recalls that research itself is always emerging as part of many collaborative dialogues around a theme, which itself can be evolving over time. Second, it highlights that a regional case study entails per definition a collective dialogue with a region and its actors, often beyond the specific project itself. Third, it summarises the deliberate use of techniques mobilised to catalyse dialogue with the region – here, participatory and art-based methods, among others. It also clarifies the type of intervention led when adopting a dialogical epistemological and ethical stance. Finally, the chapter closes with the more general implications of the present study to reflect upon dialogical approaches.

The exploration proposed here is pursued through a complex, regional case study. Regional case studies enable delineating a portion of the world, with a consistent set of institutions and policies as well as geographical and material conditions that set the frame for people’s lives, and to identify the complex dynamics by which sociogenetic, microgenetic and ontogenetic transformation co-occur. This chapter presents how we approached, conceived and analysed this case study. To start with, I define my approach to ageing as a form of personal engagement, which progressively developed into a collaborative project. After showing the relevance of a regional case study for sociocultural psychology of the lifecourse, I present the fieldwork, the data collection, an overview of the participants and the main line of the analysis.