Working at a Cathedral: Building a method for phenomenological literature-reviewing
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https://doi.org/10.65828/6zpt8r77Keywords:
Literature-reviewing, qualitative research, phenomenology, representation, knowing, eeriness, everydayAbstract
Little guidance exists for the phenomenological conduct of a literature review within qualitative research. Here I reimagine literature-reviewing from first principles as a phenomenological enterprise central to the conduct, as well as the contextualisation, of research, and I invite comment, correction and alternative reimagining from the community.
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