Quantum Entanglements, Diffractive Readings: Montage and Meaning-Making in Qualitative Research

dc.authorid0000-0001-5207-9644
dc.authorid0000-0002-4214-1202
dc.contributor.authorRiedler, Martina
dc.contributor.authorEryaman, Mustafa Yunus
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-03T12:00:33Z
dc.date.available2026-02-03T12:00:33Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis 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.doi10.1177/16094069251392418
dc.identifier.issn1609-4069
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-105019802951
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/16094069251392418
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/34644
dc.identifier.volume24
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001599771100001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications Inc
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20260130
dc.subjectqualitative inquiry
dc.subjectpost-qualitative inquiry
dc.subjectquantum physics
dc.subjectKaren Barad
dc.subjectnew materialism
dc.subjectposthumanism
dc.subjectdiffractive montage
dc.subjectdiffraction
dc.subjectentanglement
dc.subjectmethodology
dc.subjectagential realism
dc.titleQuantum Entanglements, Diffractive Readings: Montage and Meaning-Making in Qualitative Research
dc.typeArticle

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