Quantum Entanglements, Diffractive Readings: Montage and Meaning-Making in Qualitative Research
| dc.authorid | 0000-0001-5207-9644 | |
| dc.authorid | 0000-0002-4214-1202 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Riedler, Martina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Eryaman, Mustafa Yunus | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-03T12:00:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-03T12:00:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.department | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article engages with the burgeoning field of post-qualitative inquiry to operationalize the work of Karen Barad, exploring how concepts from quantum physics can inform tangible research methodologies. Addressing the gap between Barad's abstract onto-epistemology and research practice, the paper demonstrates how montage can be used as a practical technique for enacting a diffractive, post-qualitative inquiry. Methodologically, the paper performs the approach it advocates, presenting a diffractive reading of existing qualitative studies that use montage. By reading these examples through Barad's agential realism, the authors illustrate how montage can be re-conceptualized as a research apparatus. The article provides practical guidance for researchers, framing the steps of diffractive montage not as a representational procedure but as an onto-epistemological practice of world-making. Finally, while considering the limitations of this approach, the authors argue that a quantum-inspired, diffractive methodology offers potent tools for engaging with the complexities of socio-material phenomena in an ethically responsive way. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/16094069251392418 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1609-4069 | |
| dc.identifier.scopus | 2-s2.0-105019802951 | |
| dc.identifier.scopusquality | Q1 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251392418 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/34644 | |
| dc.identifier.volume | 24 | |
| dc.identifier.wos | WOS:001599771100001 | |
| dc.identifier.wosquality | Q1 | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Web of Science | |
| dc.indekslendigikaynak | Scopus | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Sage Publications Inc | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Qualitative Methods | |
| dc.relation.publicationcategory | Makale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.snmz | KA_WOS_20260130 | |
| dc.subject | qualitative inquiry | |
| dc.subject | post-qualitative inquiry | |
| dc.subject | quantum physics | |
| dc.subject | Karen Barad | |
| dc.subject | new materialism | |
| dc.subject | posthumanism | |
| dc.subject | diffractive montage | |
| dc.subject | diffraction | |
| dc.subject | entanglement | |
| dc.subject | methodology | |
| dc.subject | agential realism | |
| dc.title | Quantum Entanglements, Diffractive Readings: Montage and Meaning-Making in Qualitative Research | |
| dc.type | Article |











