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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
Who framed the strip? A cross-cultural comparison of the newspaper coverage of la promenade du Portage in Hull, 1980-1995.
No full textIn 1985 Hull was declared the Capital of Crime. Hull had won Quebec's unenviable title of having the highest crime rate in the province for 1984. The two dailies in the region, Le Droit (French) and The Citizen (English) closely followed the search for what was happening in the otherwise peaceful "village." The reason was simple: the concentration of bars on la promenade du Portage. The Street had been completely remodelled in the seventies by the federal government; in order to re-launch Hull's downtown core, several bars had converged on the old Main Street. La promenade's criminality and its cleanup was the subject of a large amount of newspaper articles. In this thesis I compare the ways in which the two newspapers covered the Street and the events which surrounded it. I do this at different levels: as a careful reader, through quantitative content analysis and through discourse analysis. The results show that the newspaper use very different perspectives from which to write about the same place. These perspectives help us to understand the fundamental differences in the way each community thinks the bar Strip and what it represents. The representations of this contested street inform the way the communities understand each another as well as themselves. Cultural geography is preoccupied with representations; it is through these that we learn to recognize ourselves and to recognize our place within society as well as within place. The Strip was covered in such a way as to help configure the myth that surrounds it. By using stereotypes and recurrent images, the newspapers increased the mystique and the myth of the place. In this thesis, I explore the links between place, media and representation
Réflexion sur l’influence éventuelle de la géographie française dans l’évolution de la géographie scolaire au Québec
Get PDFÀ partir d'une reconstitution de révolution de la discipline dans les manuels de géographie québécois entre 1920 et i960, l'auteur examine certains indices de la diffusion des idées de la géographie française classique dans les manuels. L'auteur met en lumière le rôle important qu'a joué la première génération de géographes professionnels dans la redéfinition de l'architecture générale de la discipline à l'intérieur du matériel scolaire. Il suggère, en cours de route, quelques filiations possibles avec la géographie française par l'entremise de certains grands thèmes qui l'ont caractérisée à pareille époque (analyse des processus en géographie physique; examen des relations homme/nature, des genres de vie et de la notion de paysage en géographie humaine).Reconstituting the evolution of the discipline in Québec geography textbooks published between 1920 and 1960, the author examines various « traces » of « classic » French geography. The author highlights the important role played by the first generation of professional geographers in redefining the general « architecture » of the discipline in school material. He hints at the possible influence of the French school in discussing general themes which characterized French geography of the period (analysis of processes in physical geography; the study of man/nature relationship, « genre de vie » and the notion of landscape in human geography)
The Power of a Small Green Place – A Case Study of Ottawa's Fletcher Wildlife Garden
No full textThe Power of a Small Green Place is an ethnographic case study among the volunteers and urban wilds of Ottawa’s Fletcher Wildlife Garden (FWG). Through the conceptual lens of the geographical concept of place – with its wide range of physical, relational and deeper meaningful considerations – this urban wildlife habitat project emerged as a place of profound significance. Volunteers working to create and maintain the FWG’s diverse habitats benefit from opportunities to engage in physical outdoor activity, establish social connections, make contact with the natural world, find deep personal satisfaction and meaning, and experience healthier and mutually beneficial relations with nature. This case study fills a knowledge gap in geography regarding the significant relationships that can emerge between people and the land they work with, thereby contributing to geography’s “latest turn earthward” examining practices and relationships of cultivation with the land. The case study also contributes to a growing interdisciplinary dialogue on human-nature relations and their implications in the context of future environmental and societal uncertainties
A city in the savage garden: La Nouvelle-Orléans telle que représentée par les vampires d'Anne Rice
No full textWhile writers in the 18th and 19th centuries kept New Orleans' untamed and eerie spirit alive in their literary works, Anne Rice has added a new dimension to its atmosphere to serve the purposes of a community of vampires. This thesis focusses on the representation of New Orleans in Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. The "autobiographical" style of her series provides a vampire's perspective on New Orleans. This is particularly evident when we consider the following: the space depicted by the vampire is limited by its nocturnal as well as its immortal nature (New Orleans from 1791 to 1999 is seen through the eyes of the same characters). We will use a series of typical locales used by the vampires to illustrate the nocturnal lifestyle of the vampires. From the seven novels of the series, New Orleans is represented through various descriptions of place, comparisons with other cities, recollections, and gothic elements. The reader senses the feelings of identity, rootedness and belonging described by the vampiric characters. Descriptions of spatial activities by the vampires themselves make New Orleans even more familiar. Rice's fiction demonstrates the social relevance of literature. The representation of New Orleans in The Vampire Chronicles has contributed to tourists' expectation of the city and has drawn many fans around the world to experience the "magical and magnificent" New Orleans as described by her vampires
The Power of a Small Green Place – A Case Study of Ottawa's Fletcher Wildlife Garden
No full textThe Power of a Small Green Place is an ethnographic case study among the volunteers and urban wilds of Ottawa’s Fletcher Wildlife Garden (FWG). Through the conceptual lens of the geographical concept of place – with its wide range of physical, relational and deeper meaningful considerations – this urban wildlife habitat project emerged as a place of profound significance. Volunteers working to create and maintain the FWG’s diverse habitats benefit from opportunities to engage in physical outdoor activity, establish social connections, make contact with the natural world, find deep personal satisfaction and meaning, and experience healthier and mutually beneficial relations with nature. This case study fills a knowledge gap in geography regarding the significant relationships that can emerge between people and the land they work with, thereby contributing to geography’s “latest turn earthward” examining practices and relationships of cultivation with the land. The case study also contributes to a growing interdisciplinary dialogue on human-nature relations and their implications in the context of future environmental and societal uncertainties
La géographie scolaire québécoise depuis la Révolution tranquille : discipline, territoire et société dans les manuels
No full textBâtissant sur les travaux de Marc Brosseau (2011), cette étude aborde l’évolution des manuels de géographie produits au Québec entre 1957 et 2014 à partir de la notion de système manuel. Ce cadre théorique permet de concevoir l’objet en question comme le produit d’un ensemble complexe de dynamiques sociales, institutionnelles, politiques et économiques (Niclot, 2001 ; Rocher, 2007 ; Perret-Truchot, 2015). En se penchant sur la marche des éditions, les mutations du profil type des auteurs, le rapport structurels entre les programmes d’enseignement et les manuels, l’évolution de la définition de la discipline et des contenus qu’ils proposent ainsi que sur les régimes de représentations géographiques et sociales qu’ils déploient, trois périodes peuvent être mises en relief, recoupant ainsi diverses dynamiques propres au manuel de géographie québécois. La première (1957-1980) correspond au « moment » des géographes universitaires, d’une géographie « encore » classique et d’une transition importante sur le plan des représentations géographiques du territoire québécois. La seconde (1980-2005) se réfère au « moment » des géographes enseignants, d’une géographie intégrant de front une démarche expérimentale (ou positiviste) et d’un Québec pensé par l’économie et l’État. La troisième (depuis 2005), quant à elle, renvoie au « moment » des pédagogues, à une approche par enjeux territoriaux et à des représentations géographiques du territoire québécois oscillant entre le fragment et la diversité
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