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The valorization of italian “borghi” as a tool for the tourism development of rural areas
No full textThe paper comes from the need to search for criteria useful for the valorization of heritage towns, located in rural and/or inland areas of Italy, now affected by depression and depopulation process. To this end, the authors point out how territorial identity can constitute the theoretical foundation to influence development policies and, in particular, tourism development for the sustainability process. It was therefore decided to interview a number of stakeholders who could con-tribute, with their professionalism and expertise, to identifying possible paths and processes for the enhancement of these areas for tourism development. The methodology was based on in‐depth interviews, which allowed for the identification of a of a Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat (SWOT) analysis, offering a guideline for the correct governance of these rural areas for their tourist enhancement in terms of the sustainability of development and tourist attractiveness. The study is an observatory that will monitor the implementation of sustainable tourism enhancement of the “borghi”
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
Pavia crocevia d'Europa nei cammini culturali europei
Full text linkTra la fine del primo millennio e l’inizio del secondo la pratica del pellegrinaggio assunse una crescente importanza e vie come la Francigena o il Cammino di Santiago divennero veri e propri canali di comunicazione per la realizzazione di quell’unità culturale che caratterizzò l’Europa durante il Medioevo.
Sebbene nei secoli successivi le vie sacre e culturali iniziarono a perdere importanza, a causa di una progressiva secolarizzazione del tempo libero, in tempi più recenti si assiste ad una riscoperta dell’interesse per la spiritualità, la storia e la cultura. Nel settore turistico si vanno così affermando nuovi modelli di fruizione e il pellegrinaggio, inteso come forma di turismo culturale, può essere oggi definito come un movimento fisico di persone lungo percorsi che attraversano lo spazio e il tempo in cerca di un significato, religioso o secolare, che dipende da ogni singolo individuo.
L’obiettivo dell’articolo è quello di illustrare le vie culturali e religiose che attraversano la città di Pavia. Adottando una metodologia descrittiva e a partire dall’analisi della letteratura scientifica sul tema, si definisce il ruolo assunto da questo crocevia d’Europa come destinazione turistica culturale e le opportunità che possono derivare da Expo Milano 2015
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
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