Writing Paralysis in (Post) Qualitative Research

Abstract

In this article, the author takes up the page as a site of experimentation with/against/through paralysis. Struck by the (im)possibility of untangling and taming a deconstructing inquiry to “write it up” as recognizable research, she writes, instead, to pursue previously unthought and unseen openings for thinking and doing qualitative work. The effect is an article that negotiates the tensions of doing qualitative research in the post(s) and questions the possibility and value of resolving such tensions.