Reviews of Lit Review Readings by Catherine Smith https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews 29 September 2023 en-us 2023-09-18 11:47:15 UTC 2023-09-29 14:58:14 UTC hello@padlet.com I didn't know that literature reviews exist in every field, from HR to Marketing :---) https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726138996 2023-09-29 14:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726138996 https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726143869 We both agreed that we preferred Honan article because it was more optimistic and encouraging, written in inclusive language and we were both excited and that it was more inspiring, you could have fun with language, not stick to rules. unlike the other one - which was dry, pedantic and in both content and articulation . . . . phew!]]> 2023-09-29 14:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726143869 Honan and Bright https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726154550 I absolutely adored this article. Everyone in my team now knows about it, as I haven't stopped talking about it! It did sadden me, in a way, because I couldn't help relate it to my own practice. I reflected on the times I question what are – to be honest – completely benign 'issues' with student writing. Reading a thesis and questioning the use of the first person, asking a student to formalise their language, reiterating the 'structure' and 'steps' of a increasingly iron-clad scaffold for their dissertation... Why? I think this ties into a broader code-switching that can happen in the academic world, which is sad. If we were students who were told we could use mythic language, if we could feel legitimate being reflexive in our thesis all those years ago, if we weren't chastised for our lack of formality, would we behave like we do now? The idea that we encourage students to be strategic, to know how to 'play the game', student forever as apprentice, as less...it's all very bleak. I then spoke with my colleagues about what they thought would happen if I started to apply the approach advocated by this article in my diss and thesis classes. They said it depended, but agreed many teams would be furious at me. How sad is that?]]> 2023-09-29 14:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726154550 What I learnt today from the Lit review https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726158389 Synder review: It's good, digestable, different types exist and useful to use.

]]> 2023-09-29 14:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726158389 Terminology https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726158987 Found Synder dense and dry however we discussed that it was important to understand the terminology and how it is applied. Honan was more enjoyable and relatable ]]> 2023-09-29 14:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726158987 Honan_Bright_2016_Writing a thesis differently https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726176152 ‘something unstable, always heterogeneous, in which style carves differences of potential between which things can pass, come to pass, a spark can flash and break out of language itself, to make us see and think what was lying in the shadow around the words, things we were hardly aware existed. (Deleuze, 1995, p. 141)’ Pg 733

Something new is hard to pin down - it requires effort and making mistakes, reformation, unclarity, moments of clarity, muddiness (what reading was this from again? One with John O’Reilly)…

Saffie
]]> 2023-09-29 14:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726176152 Honan_Bright_2016_Writing a thesis differently https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726181088 ‘The trail is never completely re-traceable, as, just like the footprints in the sand, it is erased almost at the same time it is created. (Honan, 2007, 2015)’ pg 741

We can never re-create or re-think something in exactly the way it was thought of previously. Therefore we must be ok with losing tight grips or instances of what something was, as this will allow us to relax and just enjoy the process of exploring and uncovering our topic for others to be able to take in and enjoy the journey. 

Saffie
]]> 2023-09-29 14:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726181088 Honan_Bright_2016_Writing a thesis differently and Snyder_2019_Literature review as a research methodology_ An overview and guidelines _ Elsevier Enhanced Reader https://padlet.com/chsmith46/LitReviews/wish/2726194570 Overall, I resonated more with the Honan & Bright piece, as it spoke about finding new ways to generate knowledge, and not re-creating what has come before. A literature review, for me, should help inspire you to kickstart your work, using your practice to bring into being new ways of doing things. 

However, from the Synder piece, I found it to be a very structural way to go about it. I personally don't mind being shown a structure of how someone else has done something, as I will take away what I liked and didn't like. However, we are all individual people, so knowing I can create my own ways of doing things, as long as they are justified, is great.


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