This piece identifies several directions that I believe scholars engaged in qualitative inquiry ought to pursue. I offer a list of “shoulds” to argue that qualitative scholars would benefit by privileging story over philosophy and theory, by limiting adherence to the postmodern push toward uncertainty, by calling on the literary in our written accounts, by speaking across positionalities, and by strategically considering the audiences for our work.
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