Mediated conversations are an innovative method for the generation of rich qualitative data on complex issues such as researchers often face in education contexts. The method draws from the sociocultural paradigm, which highlights the role of "artefacts" and "audience" in mediating participants' actions and thoughts. Mediated conversations were developed during the Curriculum Implementation Exploratory Studies when we invited school leaders and teachers to a series of 1-day data-generating 'workshops'. The conversations that took place were mediated by two kinds of artefacts: one that participants had been asked to bring and discuss and the other the 10 contract research questions. The artefacts served as a practical situated exemplification of the participants' descriptions of their work in relation to curriculum implementation. They served as a locus and prompt for questions and discussion. We convened the mediated conversations for our research purposes but the participants experienced them as rich professional learning. Mediated conversations appear to provide a participatory method for data generation that has immediate benefits for researchers and research participants. [This content is provided in the format of an e-book.]