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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Get PDF“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
Get PDFWe 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
Book Reviews
No full textBallantine, Christopher. 2012. Marabi Nights: Jazz, ‘Race’ and Society in Early Apartheid South Africa. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 247 pages. English. ISBN 978-1-86914-237-7
The establishment of a musical tradition : meaning, value and social process in the South African history of Handel's Messiah.
No full textThesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.Handel's Messiah occupies a unique position in the musical life of South Africa. No
item from the canon of 'classical' European choral music has been performed more
often, over a longer period of time, and in a wider range of social contexts. This thesis
seeks to answer two broad and interrelated questions: what were the social processes
which brought this situation about; and how were perceptions of Messiah's meaning
affected by its performance in social contexts markedly different from those of its
origins? I concentrate on the two South African choral traditions for which Messiah
has been central- those of the 'English' and 'African' communities - and on the
period from the first documented performance of any item from Messiah until the
emergence of a pattern of annual performances, which I take as a significant indicator
of the historical moment at which the music could be regarded as firmly established in
its new context.
The history of Messiah's performance and reception in South Africa is traced using
previous research on South African musical history and my own archival research and
interviews. Following the broad outline of 'depth hermeneutics' proposed by John
Thompson, I regard performances of Messiah as symbolic forms in structured
contexts, and I interpret them through an analysis of relevant aspects of Jennens's
libretto and Handel's music, of the discourse that surrounded the performances (where
examples of this have survived), and of the social contexts and processes in which the
performances were embedded. In examining the interactions of these different
aspects, I draw on a variety of theoretical and methodological strands within
musicology, cultural studies, and South African historical research.
The cultural value accorded to Messiah emerges as a central theme. As a form of
symbolic capital highly valued by dominant groups (the 'establishment') in the
relevant South African contexts, it became an indicator of 'legitimate' identity and
therefore of status. For both the English settlers and the emerging African elite (the
primary agents in the establishment of Messiah in South Africa), it could represent the
cultures in relation to which they defined themselves, towards which they aspired and
within which they sought recognition: respectively, those of the metropole and of
'Western Christian civilization'. In political terms, this had the potential both to
reinforce existing patterns of domination and to challenge them. Examples are given
of the ways in which, at different moments in its South African history, Messiah was
mobilized to support or to subvert an established political order, as a result of the
specific meanings that it was understood to convey
Local is lekker? : a study of the perceptions of contemporary South African popular music among Durban adolescents at five culturally diverse schools in the greater Durban area.
No full textThesis (M.Mus.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2005.Is local lekker? This study looks at the perceptions the youth in Durban hold towards
local music. Through a study of the Grade 11 learners at Bonela Secondary, Gelofte
Skool, Hillcrest High School, Thomas More College and Sastri College this research
looks at how much support is offered for local music. It considers how much local
music the respondents listen to, how much they purchase and how many local
concerts they attend.
This study also considers the mediathat the respondents are exposed to,in order to·
discover if any correlation occurs between the media that they are exposed to and
their perception of local music. The impact of globalization and cultural imperialism
on the consumption of local music are also considered. In addition, the study looks
at whether variables such as gender, school, "race" or the home language of the
respondents impact on their support for local music.
Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected. The respondents were required
to respond to a questionnaire which elicited responses concerning their perceptions
of local music, their support for local music and the media that they are exposed to.
From the questionnaires a group of respondents of differing views, genders and
home languages was selected to participate in a focus group interview.
Results show that the respondents support very little in the way of local music, with
regard to listening to local music, purchasing local music and supporting local
concerts. They are exposed to a great deal of foreign material and do not have much
exposure to local products
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe 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
The South African Blue Notes : bebop, mbaqanga, apartheid and the exiling of a musical imagination.
No full textThesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2010.During the middle decades of the twentieth century, the exiling from South Africa of jazz musicians, including The Blue Notes, brought the discourses of local jazz, its performance culture and repertoires, to international attention. This process points to jazz’s global reach and raises questions about its adoption by differently constituted cultural subjects. Arjun Appadurai’s arguments about global homogenisation and heterogenisation come into play here, and have special significance today, when the study of jazz performance and history is increasingly part of the music education of young South Africans. Questions about who ‘owns’ jazz and what constitutes its authenticity loom large, as do questions about its global entanglement. The careers of The Blue Notes emerge from a background of South African syncretic musical performance; as such, they belong within the protracted history of African cultural engagement with European and American mediations of modernity. Among other issues, my thesis examines the use of jazz-influenced repertoires in the narration of cultural identities in postcolonial South Africa, under apartheid, and in exile
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