Reflections Towards More Thoughtful Engagement with Literature Reviews in HCI

Raquel Robinson; Elisa Mekler

doi:10.1145/3686169.3686183

Reflections Towards More Thoughtful Engagement with Literature Reviews in HCI

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Abstract

Literature reviews (or "lit reviews" for short) have become a popular way of knowing in HCI, yet there has been little reflection as to what we want from these reviews and how they can benefit the HCI design research community. Pushes toward more rigor and adopting standards within lit reviews often seem inappropriate and at odds with ways of knowing within the design research community. In this paper, we present critiques and associated risks of these viewpoints, and reflections towards a more thoughtful engagement with literature reviews in HCI design research. We open a discussion of how literature reviews currently inform research, and how we think they could better do so in the future

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HttF '24: Proceedings of the Halfway to the Future Symposium
Publication date	21 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3686169.3686183
Publication status	Published - 21 Oct 2024

Keywords

literature review
ways of knowing
systematic review
rigor
research synthesis
transparency

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RAGE: Rethinking Affective Game Epistemologies
Mekler, E. (PI) & Robinson, R. (CoI)
European Commission
01/05/2024 → 30/04/2026
Project: Research
Theorycraft: Bridging the Games Research-Practice Gap through Theory Translation
Mekler, E. (PI), Vornhagen, J. B. (CoI), Piitulainen, R. (CoI), Bennett, D. (CoI), Feng, F. (CoI), Robinson, R. (CoI) & Wegmann, D. J. (CoI)
European Commission
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2027
Project: Research

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