As one 20th-century usage writer commented, “Qua is sometimes thought affected or pretentious, but it does convey meaning economically.”
Qua’s meaning is quite specific—it can substitute for the phrase “in the capacity or character of” or the preposition as in the right context,
as in “they wanted to enjoy the wine qua [kwɑː] wine, not as a status symbol.”
I want to enjoy doing the "designerly" things qua the "designerly" things, not participating in office politics.
Optimized studying based on the forgetting curve vastly improves memorization. - What is reminDO?
Memorize