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Skin: Absence and Multiplicity
No full text“ Through skin we live [...] we live through skin too distant to speak of separation; [...] we live through the skin of glimpses." [1].
Absence is connected to an idea of rarefaction of surfaces subtracted from a system (voids); multiplicity instead is linked to the desire of discover the contents’ richness of the stratification; those are two characteristics of the skin seen also as a lining when the architect intervenes in the recovery of architectural interiors. It is a stratification that involves parts that are grafted, overlapped and contained [2]. These are all the characters that are found in Jean Nouvel's research: overcoming the concept of limit with a skin that becomes a permeable system. Although it is not a mere restructuring, the Fondation Cartier is an eloquent example of dematerialization and multiplication of space and consequently a bearer of greater loci scientiam. Those characters that can be translated and found into his recent work to restore the interiors of Palazzo Rhinoceros in Rome for the Fendi Foundation, where "crossable" scenarios are reconstructed, in which the presence of time seems evanescent.
[1] R. Krynicki, “Magnetic Point: Selected Poems”, New Directions Publishing, 2017.
[2] P. Lewis, M.Tsurumaki and D.J. Lewis., “Manual of Section”, Princeton Architectural
Press: NY, 2016
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
URGES ex–post. What Metrics, Indicators, and Impacts on Well–Being?
No full textIn the last fifteen years, the number of participatory design actions
has increased, leading to a proliferation of studies, examples,
and concrete applications. However, the evaluation of impacts,
outcomes, and long–term project results remains a poorly
developed and monitored area of research. One reason this occurs
is that many projects do not include a follow–up and verification
period in their timeline. That is, not only do they often fail to
implement impact verification processes immediately after project
completion, but they also rarely address subsequent phases
with regular and coherent follow–up actions over the years.
These projects kickstart potential mechanisms that may progress
or fail without anyone knowing why 1. The main challenges
are related to measuring impact: what should be measured?
The intangible, cultural impacts of participatory design, such as
strengthening communities or improving social cohesion, may
elude traditional metrics. What possible indicators and measurement
methods exist? Can evaluation criteria be standardized? Or, as
with actions, are metrics always to be tailored to specific cases?
This limits the comparability of results and the adoption of
standardized practices between projects. Perhaps a framework
for evaluation could be developed that incorporates both qualitative
and quantitative metrics, taking into account well–being
indicators that are both individual and collective, as well as
quantitative indicators where possible
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