With a Little Help from Our Friends: Applying a Critical Friends Orientation to Critical Literature Reviews
Danielle Allard,
Tami Oliphant
Abstract:This paper describes how we developed and applied an exploratory critical friends orientation to a critical literature review that explores how feminist theories and approaches have been used in archival studies literature and reports on insights generated by this method. A critical friend is a trusted ally and critic who both values our ideas and can push them forward. Our “critical friends” critical literature review includes two parts; using traditional critical review methods we identify and synthesize how… Show more
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