ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on a traditional literature review and a follow up review published a decade later. As with the other chapters in this book, Rebecca Rogers (henceforth referred to as “I”) retrospectively constructs and critiques the process of conceptualizing and carrying out these connected literature reviews with a research team. I describe and problematize each of the common “steps” in the literature review process – from the geo-politics of search terms and sampling, to assumptions built into coding and analyzing research studies, to representational choices including making the results of the reviews accessible to a broader audience. Along the way, I draw on feedback from reviewers to shine light on how the review process shapes the scholarship of reviews. The chapter includes reflections on the limitations and possibilities of traditional literature reviews and follow up reviews. The intention is that rather than piece together the methods for conducting a review and follow up review from separate articles, that these insights are offered in one place. Suggestions for conducting large-scale, publishable literature reviews will be shared along with ideas for how these reviews can set the foundation for a network of related scholarship.
