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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
Collaboration, Tradition, and Reimagination: The Influence of Soviet Cultural Policy on Uzbek Music
Get PDFThis thesis, “Collaboration, Tradition, and Reimagination: The Influence of Soviet Cultural Policy on Uzbek Music,” is an exploration of three Uzbek musicians and their engagement with Soviet cultural institutions. By using the careers of these musicians, this thesis uncovers the trajectory of increasing nationalist sentiment in Uzbek music, the legacy of the Leninist-Stalinist nationalities policy, and the ways that Uzbek musicians interpreted commands from the metropolitan cultural authorities. This thesis also explores the routes to success for musicians within the Uzbek SSR and the different musical movements that took form under different Soviet leaders. This thesis discusses the concept of authenticity in music and within the USSR, where the Soviets attempted to create “authentic” cultural expression from the top down. Musicians in Uzbekistan had ample opportunities to work within the Soviet system, but they were also working for the benefit of Uzbekistan at the same time, creating a culture that continued to be important after the collapse of the USSR
From Russia With Love: A Transnational History of Post-Soviet Wives and Their American Husbands
Get PDFThis thesis addresses the motivations and experiences of post-Soviet women who married American men though internet agencies in the 1990s and 2000s. I explain the historical context for these migrations, unpack the mechanics of international marriage, and shed light on the experiences of Russian women and their marriages in America. As the post-Soviet period enters the discipline of history, I aim to complicate earlier scholarship which focused on the legal side of international marriage as an industry, without thorough exploration of the individuals involved. My research, based heavily on eight interviews conducted during the summer of 2021, emphasizes the agency of Russian women as they consciously sought loving marriages and material security, while simultaneously navigating the gendered strains of the Soviet collapse
The Woodchips That Flew: Trauma and Family Separation during the Stalinist Purges
Get PDFThis thesis examines the family separation that occurred in the Soviet Union during The Great Purge from 1934-1939 and asks how each member of the family reacted to their separation and trauma, and how they survived. The first chapter, “Fathers & Husbands,” analyzes the memoirs and letters of four men and finds that, while they prioritized work as a means to bolster their dignity, they also worked to be cultivators of culture for their children and emotional leaders for their wives. Chapter two, “Mothers & Wives,” analyzes three women’s memoirs and find that women were most likely to obsess over their identities as mother and wife, even if those identities (sole mother and wife) no longer existed for them (birth mother and widow). Chapter three, “Children,” argues that besides having to live with lifelong trauma and grief over missed out or traumatic childhoods, altered career paths, and murdered relatives, the subjects usually were also eventually responsible for caring for their severely traumatized parents. Nonetheless, they survived through written correspondence with parents, nurturance by extended family, or reliance on siblings
Khrushchev’s Perestroika: The Sovnarkhoz Reform in Soviet Dnipropetrovs’k, 1957-1965
No full textThis dissertation examines the 1957 Soviet economic reform that created regional economic councils, called “sovnarkhozes,” in place of central industrial ministries, many of which were simultaneously abolished. This reform represented a significant restructuring (in Russian, “perestroika”) of the system of economic management that had developed during Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan. It had both economic and political ramifications. Although the reform lasted only until 1965, its abandonment was neither inevitable nor a sign of the nonviability of the socialist economic system. Rather, it represented the potential for the Soviet system to adapt and change in light of new conditions and concerns. The Sovnarkhoz reform was not a failed reform to move toward a market economy and liberalism, as claimed in previous studies, but rather an attempt to make the planned economy more efficient and to advance Soviet society towards the communist future. The dissertation discusses the origins of the Sovnarkhoz reform in conjunction with a remarkable public discussion. Soviet people were invited to present their perspectives on the problems of the centralized system and their thoughts for reform. Although it is impossible to map the comments of the tens of millions of citizens who participated in the discussion onto the actual reform, the dissertation argues that the discussion illustrated participatory politics in the Soviet setting. A big question concerned the balance between centralized, sectoral decision-making and administration, or departmentalism, and regionalism. The dissertation argues that the seeming conflict between these two organizational principles was non-antagonistic, not a zero-sum game, and their relationship was continuously reexamined in subsequent years. Third, contrary to scholarship that holds that recentralization was already apparent in the Sovnarkhoz system as early as 1960, the dissertation shows that the personnel, structure, and work of the Sovnarkhoz continued to expand up until the dissolution of these councils. Finally, the dissertation examines the surprising role played by the Sovnarkhoz in foreign economic relations, arguing that it served as a middle ground connecting the local economy with foreign states.
The dissertation rests on a vast source base, including the archives of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovs’k Oblast’, central Soviet archives, and newspapers.2026-10-3
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
Sex Education and Contraceptive Acceptance: From the Soviet Union to Russia
No full textIn Russia today women use traditional forms of birth control at unusually high rates, whereas, conversely their use of modern contraceptives is unusually low. During the Soviet period, women's access to modern contraceptive methods may have been limited. However, one would postulate that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the nature of the new reforms that developed would have lent itself to an increase in modern contraception usage on par with other countries. In Russia today there is not a lack of availability of modern contraceptives. Yet, women are still not using modern contraception at a rate that is congruent with an increase in availability. What then is influencing Russian women's decisions? The contraceptive acceptance of Russian women today is shaped by cultural legacies of the Soviet Union surrounding both contraceptives themselves and sex and sex education
The Koreans' Migration to the Russian Far East and Their Deportation to Central Asia: From the 1860s to 1937
No full textFrom the early 1860s Koreans appeared in the Russian Far East. Beginning in 1864, Koreans who received approval of the Russian authorities had begun to establish Korean villages in this region. During the 1860s and 1870s, the Russian government favored the Koreans' immigration into this area in order to develop the inhospitable lands in the Far East. After the 1880s, Russia's contradictory tendencies of accepting the Korean immigrants or prohibiting them coexisted. Nonetheless, Korean immigration continuously increased until the mid 1920s. The number of Korean immigrants reached approximately 200,000 in 1937. During September and November of 1937 all Koreans living in the Far East were deported to Central Asia because of the potential suspicion that they would serve as spies for Japan
Russia's Hybrid Warfare: The Prowess and Limitations of Putin's (In)Visible Hand in Estonia and Latvia
No full textRussia’s recent increase in acts of aggression against bordering nations is concerning. After Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula, many wondered if the world should anticipate a Baltic intervention. This paper seeks to analyze this question through a comparative study of Russia’s recent interventions in Georgia and Ukraine, an analysis of the Estonian and Latvian Russian-speaking population, and an analysis of the NATO alliance’s strengths and weaknesses in deterring a possible Russian threat. From my analysis, I conclude that a conventional Baltic intervention is unlikely. However, I also conclude that the NATO alliance is not prepared to counter non-conventional acts of aggression and that these tactics could become more common in international conflicts. Therefore, I also conclude that a non-conventional Baltic intervention from Russia is possible and, consequently, the alliance should re-examine its framework
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