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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
Ordnance
No full textTheatre Production of 'Ordnance' - a full length play first performed at the Drayton Arms Theatre, London from 19-23rd November 2024.
Afghanistan 1883: Against a backdrop of colonial wars and espionage, Atkinson, a young British cartographer embarks on an affair with Virginia, the estranged wife of an exiled and arrogant botanist, setting them on a journey of self-reflection. Ordnance is about manmade borders, both personal and physical, and how they can categorise and shape identity.
Theatre recording - 22nd Nov 2024 at the Drayton Arms Theatre, London - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-FhcgwkI8
Go Gently
No full textTheatre Production at the Drayton Arms Theatre, London, 13th-17th June, 2025
Ruth Rock, an ex-filmstar in her 70s, self-isolated in her country house on the fringes of London, is forced to re-evaluate her life when she takes in her ex's new, and much younger, girlfriend during her convalescence.
Award-winning writer-director Jonathon Crewe teams up with researchers from the University of West London to produce Go Gently; an original and contemporary comedy-drama that aims to challenge how we think about ageing
The construction of (white) working-class identity in narrative literary texts and its contribution to socio-cultural and politico-financial inequality
Full text linkUsing Fredric Jameson’s theory of the ideologeme to trace representations of working- and white working-class characters through a selection of contemporary literary texts, this article shows how the construction of (white) working-class identity in literature has been influenced by, and fed back into, mainstream representations of the (white) working class in politics and media, thus contributing to cycles of socio-cultural, financial and political exclusion. This article continues by arguing that there is a lack of rounded and developed white working-class characters in British fiction, specifically in London and the South-East, and that contemporary authors continue to rely on typified representations rather than interrogate them, therefore remaining complicit in feedback loops that work to marginalise the (white) working class. To conclude, an argument is put forward in support of opening up space in the public arena for both imagined and real individual voices from marginalised groups to be heard, providing more direct access to channels of representation and an interrogation of the blame narratives that are used to maintain these groups’ socio-economic and political exclusion
Under the Radar accompanied by 3 after-show panel discussions
No full textUnder the Radar three week theatre performance followed by three after-show panels on the Wednesday of each week of the run.
(1) 16th March - Gender, Power, Consent and Violence.
(2) 23rd March - Media Ethics: Reporting on Violence.
(3) 30th March - Creative Writing, Narrative and Violence.
Studio Recording:
https://youtu.be/BjzoOdhPfl
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