@article{Barros_2020, title={Babel at 35,000 Feet: Banality and Ineffability in Qualitative Research}, volume={21}, url={https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3413}, DOI={10.17169/fqs-21.2.3413}, abstractNote={<p>In this article, I explore the banalities of qualitative work flirting with some of the premises of non-representation theories’ (NRT) thinking style. More specifically, I interrogate the usefulness of thinking with the mundane to explore the kinds of opportunities that could be afforded to language and transcultural communication if we repositioned qualitative work as a more-than-human affair. Drawing from experiences while conducting fieldwork onboard transatlantic flights, I discuss the implications of accounting for banalities and their embodiment within a flat ontology perspective. I conclude with a few remarks on criticality and qualitative research striving to present—as opposed to represent—elements in the fieldwork otherwise discarded as irrelevant, but that might be particularly revealing of what shapes a researcher’s logic and what the researcher brings to bear as social phenomena, particularly in language and (as) communication.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research}, author={Barros, Sandro R.}, year={2020}, month={May} }