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Slavery, Colonialism and Philanthropy at the University of Edinburgh
No full textThis annexed report produced for the Decolonised Transformations project (2022-24), part of the University of Edinburgh’s Race Review, assesses the University of Edinburgh's financial links to slavery and colonialism. The report investigates historical endowments and two capital campaigns to fundraise the construction of new campus buildings – Old College (c. 1789-1794) and the Old Medical School (c.1873-1887) – and identifies benefactors with connections to slavery and colonialism. In addition, the report provides an overview of the research's background, wider context, methodological approach and recommendations for further research
Debates on slavery and abolition held by student debating societies at the University of Edinburgh, 1765-1870
No full textThis dataset compiles information relating to debates on slavery and abolition held by two student debating societies at the University of Edinburgh – the Dialectic Society (est. 1787) and the Speculative Society (est. 1764) – between the years 1765 and 1870. The dataset has been produced using published histories of the two student societies and the administrative records of the Dialectic Society (equivalent archival records for the Speculative Society have not been located): History of the Dialectic Society (1887); History of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh from its Institution in 1764 (1845); and Records of University of Edinburgh Dialectic Society, EUA GD9, Edinburgh University Library Archives. Data includes the debates' dates, titles, and outcomes (i.e. affirmative or negative, and the number of votes either way); and attendees’ names, positions taken during debates and additional information on their backgrounds and post-university careers. This dataset has been produced for the Decolonised Transformations project (2022-24), part of the University of Edinburgh’s Race Review, and forms the basis of a forthcoming historical study by the data depositor, Dr Simon Buck. Users should be aware that this dataset draws from historical sources meaning it contains both racist language and offensive ideas about people of African descent.University of Edinburgh Dialectic Society debates on slavery and abolition, 1792-1870.xlsx
This data tabulates information relating to University of Edinburgh Dialectic Society debates on slavery and abolition for the period 1792-1870, using History of the Dialectic Society (1887) and Records of the University of Edinburgh Dialectic Society (EUA GDP, Edinburgh University Archives).
University of Edinburgh Speculative Society debates on slavery and abolition, 1765-1838.xlsx
This data tabulates information relating to University of Edinburgh Speculative Society debates on slavery and abolition for the period 1765-1838, using History of the Speculative Society (1845)
Subscriptions towards the University of Edinburgh’s Old College (1789-1794) and Old Medical School (1873-1887)
No full textThis dataset includes lists of subscriptions (i.e. donations) for two historical capital campaigns at the University of Edinburgh to fundraise for the construction of two new campus buildings: the sites known today as Old College, on South Bridge, and the Old Medical School, on Teviot Place. The list of Old College subscriptions has been complied using digitised issues of the Caledonian Mercury newspaper and one surviving list of subscribers in the University’s archives, together covering the period 1789-1794. The list of Old Medical School subscribers has been complied using materials in the University of Edinburgh’s archives, namely two ‘contribution lists’ dated 1873-1881 and 1883-1887. Data includes subscribers’ names, places of residence, professions and other biographic information, as well as amounts of money subscribed or paid, the dates on which their subscriptions were published or recorded, and other subscription-related information (e.g. the name of intermediaries, or the original currency in which money was subscribed). This dataset was produced for the Decolonised Transformation project (2022-24), part of the University of Edinburgh’s Race Review. Analysis of subscribers (i.e. donors) identified as having links to slavery and colonialism – including those based in British colonies – can be found in an annexed report for that project, Slavery, Colonialism and Philanthropy at the University of Edinburgh (2024), by Dr Simon Buck, the data depositor.Subscribers to the University of Edinburgh's Old College (1789-1794).xlsx
This data compiles Old College subscriptions using digitised issues of the Caledonian Mercury newspaper for the period 1789-1794, and a printed list of subscribers in the University’s archives dated 5 March 1790: ‘Subscribers to the New College, Edinburgh’, 5 March 1790, EUA IN1/GOV/SEN/COR (former shelf mark Da.32.1), Correspondence, 18th-20th century, Senatus Academicus, 1733-2002, University of Edinburgh Library Archives.
Subscribers to the University of Edinburgh's Old Medical School (1873-1887).xlsx
This data compiles Old Medical School subscriptions from two alphabetical ‘contribution lists’ held within the University’s archives. Information relating to subscriptions has been transcribed from the original handwritten documents, meaning some information may a variant or incorrectly spelt. Text in square brackets explains parts of the record or indicates when there is a word/name that has not been deciphered, i.e. '[?]'. Entries recorded both single payments and those split over different dates, hence some dates in the data are recorded as periods of time (e.g. 1878-1882) rather than single years. In these cases only the total sum of their multiple payments has been included. However, some subscribers made additional subscriptions, meaning names occasionally feature more than once in the list. Some professions have been assumed using their titles (e.g. 'Dr' or 'Col.'). In general, where only a street address was recorded, it is assumed to be an Edinburgh residence. Information in the original texts that has not been transcribed include: day and month of subscription; date when subscriptions (or 'contributions') were intimated (i.e. promised); and the amount intimidated. Those who intimidated but did not pay have not been included in this list. In the final two years (1885-1887) there are some subscriptions that went towards the construction of what would become McEwan Hall rather than the Medical School building, which was opened in 1884: University Buildings Extension Contribution List, 1873-1881, and University Buildings Extension Contribution List, 1883-1887, EUA IN1/COM/B2/4/1-2, Records of the University Buildings Extension Scheme, University of Edinburgh Library Archives
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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