Performance Research

Article summary

Performance Research is a specialist performance art journal published bi-monthly (from 2012). It is an independent, peer-reviewed journal published by Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd for ARC, a division of the Centre for Performance Research Ltd, an educational charity limited by guarantee. It is based at the Academy of Music and Theatre Arts at Falmouth University. Performance Research was founded in 1995 by Ric Allsopp, Richard Gough and Claire MacDonald.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1995 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. publication date: 2012 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1995". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the publication date is "2012". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1328786467