@article{Walker_2015, title={Literature Reviews: Generative and Transformative Textual Conversations}, volume={16}, url={https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2291}, DOI={10.17169/fqs-16.3.2291}, abstractNote={<p>The intention of this article is to invite readers to explore and understand how literature reviews can be conducted from a systemic and dialogical approach. After reading a paper by MONTUORI (2005), I considered how literature reviews could be situated systemically whereby connections and relatedness between people and ideas are identified. This opened up possibilities for me that were transformative, re-positioning a process that I had previously seen as positivist, to one which is connected to a systemic position (BARGE, 2006). In this article, I discuss how I conduct literature reviews from a systemic position; each text speaking to the others as in conversation, identifying themes, connections and generating new knowledge. The concept of texts "speaking" to each other lends itself to a dialogical approach. I will discuss how the systemic, dialogical and ethical considerations should be made.</p><p>URN: <a href="http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150352">http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs150352</a></p>}, number={3}, journal={Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research}, author={Walker, Sharon}, year={2015}, month={Jul.} }