In-Class Assignment
Which Article is Scholarly?
Instructions
Below are links to four articles on the topic of performance art. In groups of two or three, evaluate each to determine which is scholarly, which is reliable but not scholarly (peer reviewed), and which is popular.
Do not try to read the entire article. Instead, scan each article with the criteria for distinguishing scholarly from popular publications in mind.
Focus on the first and last pages of each article. Record your judgement on the print handout, along with the reason(s) why you identified an article as scholarly or
popular.
Articles
- “Affirmative Precarity: Ai Weiwei and Margarita Cabrera”
- “Tilda Swinton Goes on Display in the Name of Performance Art’
- “What is the History of Art?”
Download the PDF to see what the print equivalent looks like. - “Business Casual: Flexibility in Contemporary Performance Art”
Materials
created by: Colin Deinhardt & Agatha Barc | updated: 27 September 2019