Relate to arts and cultural policy
Annotated Bibliography
The objective of this assignment is to create a record of readin" rel="nofollow">ings for a course or for a writin" rel="nofollow">ing
project. By creatin" rel="nofollow">ing such a record, you have a means to refer back to what you've read and
learned, as well as what is valuable (or maybe not so valuable) about a particular readin" rel="nofollow">ing.
As you move through your graduate studies, it is highly useful to be able to refer to your
annotated bibliography as a reference source for future papers or projects. And, it can serve as an
aid for those works you want to revisit in" rel="nofollow">in the future either to read again" rel="nofollow">in or to consult for
particular purposes.
It can also serve you in" rel="nofollow">in your future career. Much of what you read in" rel="nofollow">in this course can become part
of your personal library of resources to access again" rel="nofollow">in as needed. An annotated bibliography aids
in" rel="nofollow">in retrievin" rel="nofollow">ing material that can be of use because it will remin" rel="nofollow">ind you what a particular readin" rel="nofollow">ing is
about and where you can fin" rel="nofollow">ind it again" rel="nofollow">in.
For this assignment, choose 10 readin" rel="nofollow">ings done in" rel="nofollow">in conjunction with this course. At least six
readin" rel="nofollow">ings should be assigned, required readin" rel="nofollow">ings from our course. The remain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing four can be other
articles or books read that relate to arts and cultural policy. They should be scholarly, researched
books and articles. From these readin" rel="nofollow">ings, create an annotated bibliography. At min" rel="nofollow">inimum, each
annotation should in" rel="nofollow">include:
• Full citation of the work in" rel="nofollow">includin" rel="nofollow">ing title, author, and publication in" rel="nofollow">information.
• One-or-two paragraph analytically-oriented summary of the work. (Rather than just a
summary, provide in" rel="nofollow">information on the work’s usefulness for your research or for the
field.)
• In the summary, make sure to in" rel="nofollow">include the main" rel="nofollow">in claim or thesis, supportin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence,
methods used, theoretical framework, logical structure of the argumentation, and
conclusions drawn.
• Note that with some books and articles, supportin" rel="nofollow">ing evidence may be in" rel="nofollow">in the form of
examples rather than researched evidence. So, for these works, concentrate on the logical
structure of the argument.
• Conclude each annotation with a statement on how you might use the work in" rel="nofollow">in the future.
Important note: Many students approachin" rel="nofollow">ing this assignment for the first time do not do a good
job. They assume that they are supposed to summarize the readin" rel="nofollow">ing—as one might do in" rel="nofollow">in a book
report—and then make a brief statement about whether the readin" rel="nofollow">ing is useful for research or not.
DO NOT DO THE ASSIGNMENT THIS WAY!
Instead, your approach is to analyze the readin" rel="nofollow">ing for its merits. Here’s an analogy that might be
useful to thin" rel="nofollow">ink about how to approach this assignment and how you should write the document.
Pretend you are hired for a lawyer to in" rel="nofollow">interview potential witnesses for a trial. As a big, important
lawyer, she doesn’t have time to in" rel="nofollow">interview the witness herself. So, she is payin" rel="nofollow">ing you a lot of
money to do this and to tell her whether the person you in" rel="nofollow">interview would be a good witness for
her client. Sin" rel="nofollow">ince she is payin" rel="nofollow">ing you a lot of money, she expects you to do a good job and make a
recommendation she can count on.
She will want to know:
• What will the witness say?
• Is he reliable?
• Will he help my client?
• Are there gaps in" rel="nofollow">in his testimony that might cause a problem for the lawyer’s client?
• What examples can you give that illustrate the above to the lawyer’s satisfaction?
• And, no doubt, the answers to other questions, as well.
In a similar fashion, you are “in" rel="nofollow">interviewin" rel="nofollow">ing” the thin" rel="nofollow">ings you’ve read. The scholarly term we use is
“in" rel="nofollow">interrogate.” You are in" rel="nofollow">interrogatin" rel="nofollow">ing the readin" rel="nofollow">ings to discover why they are useful.
Usin" rel="nofollow">ing the guidelin" rel="nofollow">ines for this assignment and the other materials provided on writin" rel="nofollow">ing an annotated
bibliography, compile an analytical report of the thin" rel="nofollow">ings you’ve read. Articulate your fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings in" rel="nofollow">in a
way that someone who has not read the same books and articles could still appreciate the
readin" rel="nofollow">ings and their merits.
What, in" rel="nofollow">in particular—and specifically— is useful or not useful? Give examples from the readin" rel="nofollow">ings
so someone readin" rel="nofollow">ing your document can better appreciate what you are statin" rel="nofollow">ing. Are there thin" rel="nofollow">ings
the author didn’t in" rel="nofollow">include that would have in" rel="nofollow">increased the book’s or article’s merits? What are those
thin" rel="nofollow">ings? Why should they be in" rel="nofollow">included? Does the author make assumptions that are unwarranted?
What are they? Is the readin" rel="nofollow">ing useful for future research? If yes, in" rel="nofollow">in what way? If not, why not?
Answerin" rel="nofollow">ing these questions requires thought and analysis on your part. Remember in" rel="nofollow">in our analogy
above, you’re bein" rel="nofollow">ing paid a lot of money to provide an excellent assessment. (In the case of our
assignment, you will get a really high grade if you do well.) You are not voicin" rel="nofollow">ing your opin" rel="nofollow">inion.
You are providin" rel="nofollow">ing sound judgment based on your reasoned assessment of the material you read.
Gradin" rel="nofollow">ing for this assignment will be based on the above criteria.
The length of the assignment will depend on what you write. As a loose guidelin" rel="nofollow">ine, expect to
write between one-third of a page and one-half of a page for each entry.
Your document should be in" rel="nofollow">in Microsoft Word or similar word-processin" rel="nofollow">ing software.
Upon completion of the assignment, upload it for gradin" rel="nofollow">ing.
Book Lists
1. Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives
Michael E. Kraft, Scott R. Furlong
CQ Press, Oct 20, 2014 - Political Science
2. What Art Is Like: In Constant Reference to the Alice Books
Miguel Tamen
Harvard University Press, Oct 30, 2012
3. Kulturmanagement konkret 2011
Gesa Birnkraut, Karin" rel="nofollow">in Wolf
BoD – Books on Demand, Mar 7, 2012
4. The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users
Guy Kawasaki, Peg Fitzpatrick
Penguin" rel="nofollow">in, Dec 4, 2014
5. The Arts and Public Policy in" rel="nofollow">in the United States
American Assembly January 1, 1984
The American Assembly
6. Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity: Mappin" rel="nofollow">ing the Policy Domain" rel="nofollow">in
Tony Bennett January 1, 2001
Council of Europe