Judging which artists, sources and disciplines actually deserve a place in your inquiry

What this note covers

1. Influence must earn its place
2. Compare candidates through shared criteria
3. Evaluate sources, not just artists
4. Judge cross-disciplinary influence
5. Respect cultural specificity and authority
6. Make the final selection defensible
7. Worked influence matrix: select sources that change different decisions
8. Worked causal chain: from a reliable source to a transformed trial

8 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes