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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
Architecture and its natural history. The invention of Nature from Laugier to Viollet-le-Duc
No full textA nation of monasteries the legacy of víctor Balaguer in the Spanish conception of national monuments
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Habitat
No full textBoth the word and the concept of ‘habitat’ are modern. To inhabit is neither natural nor artificial, but both at once. The research on the habitat made its way into the sciences before the word’s conventional widespread to refer to the natural dwelling-place. Simultaneously, zoological gardens quickly became privileged institutions to investi- gate both its scientific and popular sides. The construction of the Penguin’s Pond by the Tecton Company and Berthold Lubetkin in 1934 was indeed connected to the London’s Royal Zoological Society’s pioneering scientific leadership. The Pond’s original analysis uncovers Lubetkin’s unique research agenda to make architecture and nature coalesce. As it reveals his careful attention towards the shadows cast by the trees’ leaves upon the pond’s white walls. Lubetkin’s works remind us of the modern origin of the word habitat: the wild and the artificial supple- ment each other to create the ideal habitat for each animal, including humans
Guidebooks, postcards, and panoramas: The building of Montserrat through modern mass media
No full textVariations 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
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