Talk:Life world

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Latest revision as of 15:58, 23 October 2012

Rating (from 0-10, 10 being the highest, and 6 being just sufficient)

1. Relevance: 9: The relevance of this page for the course spatial action is high. Life world is used in the concept of phenomenology, and that's an important concept in the context of spatial action because there is critique about our subjective perspective.

2. Well-written: 8: The page is mostly well-written, the writers have used correct English. Further there is used a basic standard, but it seems OK.

3. well-researched: 7: The research is done OK. The application of the APA guidlines is complete and verifiable. But in the end they are making a conclusion with a reference, but in conclusion it's better to make only a conclusion, without a reference. References should be used in paragraphs before the conclusion.

4. Broad in its coverage: 9: the page adresses the main aspects of this topic. But in the second paragraph they are starting a new main aspect: about the meaning of life world in geography. There can be used a new heading.

5. Neutral: 9: The text is written neutral. There is no criticizing performed by the authors.

6. Stable: 7: The page is stable, and in total only enhanced by two people.

7. Well-structured: 8: There are two headings which are good, but there can be one more heading added: life world in geography". Because first they explain the concept of life word and it's origin, but then they are making a linkages to geography.

8. Illustrated: -: There is no illustration.

9. Length: 9: The length of the page is good, it stays to the point, which makes it easy to read.

Evaluated by Marleen Revenberg, 23 October 2012

Rating (from 0-10, 10 being the highest, and 6 being just sufficient)

1. Relevance. Rating: (8/10) Comments: Life world is a key concept in the humanistic geography which we are studying in this course. It’s a concept that you need to understand the thinking of Anne Buttimer, Edmund Husserl, Alfred Schutz and so on.

2. Well-written. Rating: (7/10) Comments: The page is well written, there are no grammatical faults and the writing is of a professional standard. Also the page neglects no major facts or details and it is placed in context. There are some little faults in the page like the citation of Campbell. In the written text it says (Cambell, 1981) so a p is missing.

3. Well-researched: Factually accurate and verifiable. Rating: (9/10) Comments: The page provides references information of 5 books which are referred as following the APA guidelines. The page also provides in-line citations with page number from 4 different sources. Besides this, direct quotations are marked also following the APA guidelines.

4. Broad in its coverage. Rating: (8/10) Comments: The page addresses the main aspects of the concept life world. First a general part is written and after that the page is mainly about the geographical linkages of the concept life world. The page stays focused on the topic and there are no unnecessary details on it.

5. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without bias, giving due weight to each. Rating: (8/10) Comments: The page is written in a neutral way and the authors don’t criticize the concept of life world and the thoughts of the researchers.

6. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute. Rating: (8/10) Comments: The page is quite stable. The page has been edited once after it has been published, so when the page was published, it already was quite complete. Only a few things were added.

7. Well-structured. Rating: (7/10) Comments: The page has a good lead section with an overview of the concept life world and the reader is prepared for geographical linkages in the second part of the page. The page includes an appropriate structure which is correct and not overwhelming. The only thing that is missing is that the page isn’t categorized yet. It should be categorized in the Late-modernity category.

8. Illustrated: if possible, by images, maps, schematic overviews. Rating: not possible. Comments: There are no illustrations on this page, so there is no rating possible.

9. Length: It stays focused on the main topic without going into unnecessary detail and uses summary style. Rating: (8/10) Comments: The length of the page is good. It stays focused on the main topic and there are no unnecessary details. The text is written in summary style so you keep concentrated.

Page evaluated by Rens Mennen --RensMennen 17:58, 23 October 2012 (CEST)