ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the singular and unified conception of quality in qualitative research and ponder what the multiplication of quality discourses and normative and non-normative practices might create. Quality of qualitative inquiry is also a practical matter which forces and enables scholars to take a stance against differences and episto-ontological diversity. Quality criteria in qualitative inquiry have undergone numerous iterations in its relatively short-lived history. If quality in qualitative inquiry is given, governed, and strictly defined, one could argue that in those instances no responsibility is taken. Quality also crosses cultural distances, languages and worldviews—yet another challenge of multiplicity of quality in qualitative inquiry. If qualitative scholars acknowledge a multiplicity of approaches, theoretical perspectives guiding inquiry, and inquiry strategies, it does not make sense to generate a singular and overarching quality matrix, guidelines, or criteria.
