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Modelli e specchi, mode e tendenze. Esercizi di decostruzione e ricostruzione per l’antropologia italiana
Full text linkStarting from a tight analysis around the contemporary legitimacy of the notion of Italian anthropology, the Author explores some of the recurring features of this tradition of study, highlighting the limits and lacks, for outlining then topicss that characterize the specific national reflection and indicate some of the paths out of the crisis of credibility from which the overall discipline seems to be, nowadays, plagued.A partire da una serrata analisi intorno alla legittimità contemporanea della nozione di antropologia italiana, l’autore esplora alcune delle caratteristiche ricorrenti di tale tradizione di studio, evidenziandone limiti e carenze, per delineare poi nuclei tematici caratterizzanti la specifica riflessione nazionale e indicare alcuni dei percorsi per uscire dalla crisi di credibilità complessiva da cui la disciplina sembra essere, al giorno d’oggi, afflitta.</p
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
Ulrich van Loyen, Napoli sepolta. Viaggio nei riti di fondazione di una città
Full text linkDavid Foster Wallace, nel suo stimolante (e faticoso) romanzo Infinite Jest, utilizza un neologismo, che indica un concetto complesso, quello di experialismo. Proverò a soffermarmi su tale concetto in via preliminare; mi si perdoni quella che apparentemente potrà sembrare una digressione, ma credo che il quadro concettuale che vi si traccia sarà utile per collocare criticamente lo stimolante lavoro di Ulrich van Loyen. Un lavoro molto sfaccettato, che prende in analisi fenomeni anche assai di..
La mort en images
No full textTraduit de l'italien par Giordana Charuty Sous leur apparente uniformité, due à près de deux siècles de normalisation, les cimetières de Calabre cachent de multiples différences qui renvoient, fût-ce indirectement, à la structure économique, aux formes de la vie matérielle, à l'histoire politique, sociale et culturelle de chacune des communautés de cette région. Plans, modes de sépulture, organisation de l'espace, matériaux et mobilier des tombes sont en relation avec les classes sociales, l..
Ernesto De Martino and the Culture of the Image: Photography and More
No full textThis article discusses Ernesto de Martino's complex relationship with photography, images and visual culture over time. I will present my arguments in three distinct paragraphs. In the first, I will focus on the use of images within the ethnographic framework promoted by the scholar. This approach highlights a set of cultural coordinates that are of great significance for the overall development of his research and theoretical reflections. In the second paragraph, I will give attention to the Atlante figurato del pianto, a chapter included in the book Morte e pianto rituale. Dal lamento funebre antico al pianto di Maria (de Martino, 1975, 373-416). This chapter reveals the ethnologist’s deep and complex theoretical and methodological fluctuations regarding the topic. Finally, in the third paragraph, I will discuss in an introductory way de Martino's perspectives on visual culture, figurative art, and the image, in relation to his evolving (and prematurely interrupted) engagement with existentialism and phenomenological thought, as mainly documented in the notes of La fine del mondo. Contributo all'analisi delle apocalissi culturali (de Martino, 1977).This article discusses Ernesto de Martino's complex relationship with photography, images and visual culture over time. I will present my arguments in three distinct paragraphs. In the first, I will focus on the use of images within the ethnographic framework promoted by the scholar. This approach highlights a set of cultural coordinates that are of great significance for the overall development of his research and theoretical reflections. In the second paragraph, I will give attention to the Atlante figurato del pianto, a chapter included in the book Morte e pianto rituale. Dal lamento funebre antico al pianto di Maria (de Martino, 1975, 373-416). This chapter reveals the ethnologist’s deep and complex theoretical and methodological fluctuations regarding the topic. Finally, in the third paragraph, I will discuss in an introductory way de Martino's perspectives on visual culture, figurative art, and the image, in relation to his evolving (and prematurely interrupted) engagement with existentialism and phenomenological thought, as mainly documented in the notes of La fine del mondo. Contributo all'analisi delle apocalissi culturali (de Martino, 1977)
Public History, antropologia, fotografia. Immagini e uso pubblico della storia
Full text linkThis article offers some brief, introductory observations on Public History from the perspective of an anthropologist specializing in the study of images and representations. These remarks are preceded by a quick analysis of the critical background that must support otherwise naive or simplistic interpretations of Public History. Based on these premises, photography is discussed with reference to communities shaping local memory through the act of recording images which can be found in family albums, relevant collections, the archives of local photographers, thematic repositories or general collections “the way we were”
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