With a word limit of 1650, your critique must include critical
discussion of the following (please use the three headings below in
bold to divide your work into three sections):

i) Phenomenon, Aims, Scope and Research Philosophy (about 500 words)

Checklist:
? What is the main subject or ?phenomenon? being investigated here?
E.g. music events in rural France and their promotional strategies;
motivations to attend Saint Patrick?s Day parades in New York vs.
Dublin; participation by blind people in cricket in India; tourists?
experience of live music in Mali; accessible design of fitness centres
in New Zealand.
? What is the author?s (or authors?) particular contribution to
understanding and knowledge of this subject or phenomenon? This is
usually but not always set out at the beginning of the article.
Summarise their research questions in your own words (about 100
words). If these are unclear or ambiguous, please say so.
? Is the research specific to one geographical location (e.g. a
country, region, site)? Is it specific to a particular activity (e.g.
?extreme sports?)? Does it refer to one particular population (e.g.
adolescent males), or type of organization (e.g. small music venues
with a specialist audience)? Does it refer to the present day or to
development over a longer period (e.g., growth of wine festivals in
California since 2000, the ?legacy? of the 2008 Beijing Olympic and
Paralympic Games)?
? What empirical data (?field? research) has the author collected and
analyzed herself/himself? Is the approach based on an ?interpretive?
or ?positivist? epistemology? Please refer to Veal (2006) or other
basic Research Methods text book from reading list for definitions.
Did the author collect and analyze qualitative or quantitative data,
or both? Does their approach seem appropriate to the chosen phenomenon
being investigated?

ii) Scope of the Literature Review and Conceptual Framework (about 500 words)

Checklist:
? Consider the Refereed Journal Articles cited in the article (and
referenced at the end). From what subject field(s) (e.g. sports
management, heritage studies, tourism management) and/or discipline(s)
(e.g. anthropology, cultural geography, economic history, marketing)
do they draw?
? Are these sources wide ranging (e.g. multidisciplinary) or narrow?
Extensive or quite limited? Do the arguments and topics seem new and
pioneering, or well established?
? Discuss the conceptual framework, i.e. underlying
theories/models/concepts from which the author(s) draw, and identify
and reference any key references, e.g. the ?experience? economy;
Porter?s (1980, 1985) thesis on sources of sustainable competitive
advantage.
? Does the author identify a gap in the current literature (at the
time of writing) and then proceed to investigate? If so, explain the
gap in your own words.

iii) Methodology, Findings and Conclusions (about 500 words)

Checklist:
? Comment critically on the research instrument (or instruments) that
were used to collect the data (e.g. on-site intercept survey and self
completed questionnaire administered at an event, with 300 usable
responses; one to one depth interviews carried out with 20 musicians
or athletes)? Do you think that the survey sample was broadly
representative of the population being investigated? Explain your
reasoning. If there are any aspects of data collection and sampling
technique that are unclear, highlight these.
? Comment critically on how the data was analyzed. What methods of
analysis were used and were they appropriate?
? In your own words, what did the author(s )find out exactly? Comment
critically on their findings. Were the author?s (or authors?) own
research questions answered fully?
? Is there any evidence of ?triangulation?: the use of two or more
methods or techniques to ?ask the same question? and cross-check the
validity of the data collected?
Do the conclusions tend to confirm all (or some) of the previously
published literature as reviewed above? Or does it raise some doubts
about all or some of it? Overall, how original is the research? Are
any questions raised for future research?

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