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Lifestyle and Internal Migration
No full textOver the last two decades there have been numerous profound changes in UK society which have had an impact on the scale, geographies, meaning and experiences of internal migration. Providing a critical appraisal of migration scholarship from the perspective of Geography, reviewing theory, substantive foci and method, this book demonstrates how sub-national migration in the UK gives rise to and reflects new patterns of population, housing, economies and cultures. Each chapter is written by a Population Geographer together with a scholar representing another Human Geography sub-discipline thus providing a cross-disciplinary perspective on a specific aspect of migration. Critically reviewing and setting an agenda for internal migration scholarship from a spatial perspective, this book will be of interest to academics and students of Geography and other disciplines concerned with migration, both within the UK and further afield.</p
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
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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe 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
Get PDFWe 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
Still surprises in store. Revisiting the ordinary in rural geography
No full textSince at least the early 1990s, one of the most exciting and productive areas of work within rural geography, notably in Britain but also elsewhere, has been in «neglected rural geographies». Such work, influenced prominently by postmodernism and the «cultural turn», seeks to build up a fuller picture of the diversity and variety of lives and experiences found in rural areas today. The present paper, whilst being highly sympathetic to this work, argues that it must not lead to the neglect of the more «ordinary» in the countryside today, or what Chris Philo (1992) famously caricatured as «Mr Average». Although the lives and experiences of Mr Average may initially appear mundane, in the spirit of Henri Lefebvre's critical engagement with the everyday, we can often find within this ordinariness more engaging, even extraordinary truths. The paper develops this argument for the study of «ordinary rural geographies» by examining the ordinary, extraordinary, and extraordinary ordinary within counterurbanisation. However, as reiterated in the conclusion, it advocates the search for the extraordinary within the ordinary across the breadth of rural geography.Des de, com a mínim, a principis de la dècada de 1990, una de les àrees de recerca més interessants i productives de la geografia rural, especialment a la Gran Bretanya però també en altres llocs, ha estat la constituïda per les «geografies rurals oblidades». Aquesta recerca, influïda especialment pel postmodernisme i el «gir cultural», procura apropar-se a la diversitat i a la varietat de vides i experiències que avui en dia trobem a les àrees rurals. El present article, proper a aquests tipus de treballs, defensa que no cal menystenir el que és ordinari de la vida rural o, el que és el mateix, allò que Chris Philo (1992) ha anomenat irònicament «Mr Average». Encara que les vides i les experiències de Mr Average poden semblar mundanes a primer cop d'ull, segons l'esperit del compromís crític d'Henri Lefebvre amb allò que és quotidià, podem trobar sovint, dins d'aquesta ordinarietat, compromisos i veritats fins i tot extraordinaris. L'article desenvolupa aquest argument a favor de l'estudi de la geografies rurals ordinàries examinant allò que és ordinari, allò que és extraordinari i allò que és extraordinàriament ordinari dins el context de la contraurbanització. Tanmateix, i tal com l'autor reitera a les conclusions, es defensa la recerca de l'extraordinari dins del que és ordinari a través de les possibilitats que ofereix la geografia rural.Desde, por lo menos, a principios de la década de 1990, una de las áreas de investigación más interesantes y productivas de la geografía rural, especialmente en Gran Bretaña pero también en otros lugares, ha sido la constituida por las «geografías rurales olvidadas». Este ámbito de investigación, influido principalmente por el postmodernismo y el «giro cultural», intenta aproximarse a la diversidad y a la variedad de vidas y experiencias que hoy en día encontramos en las áreas rurales. El presente artículo, próximo a este tipo de trabajos, defiende que no podemos menospreciar aquello que es ordinario de la vida rural o, lo que es lo mismo, aquello que Chris Philo (1992) ha apellidado irónicamente «Mr Average». Aunque las vidas y las experiencias de Mr Average pueden parecer al principio mundanas, según el espíritu del compromiso crítico de Henri Lefebvre con aquello que es ordinario, podemos encontrar a menudo, dentro de esta ordinariedad, compromisos y verdades incluso extraordinarias. El artículo desarrolla este argumento a favor del estudio de las «geografías rurales ordinarias» examinando tanto lo que es ordinario como lo que es extraordinario y extraordinariamente ordinario en el contexto de la contraurbanización. Sin embargo, y tal como el autor reitera en las conclusiones, se aboga por la búsqueda de lo extraordinario en lo que es ordinario a través de las posibilidades que ofrece la geografía rural.Depuis au moins le début des années 1990, une des aires la plus intéressants et productives du travail dans la géographie rurale, notablement en Grande-Bretagne mais aussi ailleurs, a été dans des «géographies ruraux négligés». Ce travail, influencé de façon proéminente par le postmodernisme et le «tour culturel», cherche à construire en haut d'une image plus pleine de la diversité et variété de vies et expériences trouvées dans des régions rurales aujourd'hui. L'article, pendant qu'étant extrêmement prochain à ce travail, affirme que cela ne doit pas conduire à la négligence du plus «ordinaire» dans la campagne aujourd'hui, ou ce que Chris Philo (1992) caricaturait comme «Mr Average». Bien que les vies et les expériences de Mr Average puissent initialement paraître banales, dans l'esprit de l'engagement critique d'Henri Lefebvre avec le quotidien, nous pouvons souvent trouver dans ce qui est ordinaire plus d'engagement et des vérités même extraordinaires. L'article développe cet argument pour l'étude de «géographies ruraux ordinaires» en examinant l'ordinaire, l'extraordinaire, et l'extraordinaire ordinaire dans le contexte de la contre-urbanisation. Pourtant, et comme l'auteur réitère à la conclusion, on défense la recherche de l'extraordinaire dans ceux qui est ordinaire à travers des possibilités qui offre la géographie rurale
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
Going 'back-to-the-land' again: extending the scope of counterurbanisation
No full textAfter outlining both the geographical ubiquity and some of the conceptual problems with the migration-related demographic trend known as 'counterurbanisation', this paper seeks to expand our understanding of the scope of this phenomenon. This is done by outlining some of the characteristics of two 'marginal' forms of rural resettlement taking place in Britain: new initiatives in crofting in Scotland and a revival in back-to-the-land ideas in England. Whilst their importance may be appreciated in their own right, this is enhanced by considering briefly both the historical tradition of back-to-the- land movements in Britain and the contemporary presence of such activities in other European countries. In sum, it is argued that we need to see greater diversity within counterurbanisation than is commonly acknowledged.'Back-to-the-land' à nouveau : étendre la portée du concept de contrurbanisation.
Après avoir décrit l'ubiquité géographique et les problèmes conceptuels relatifs au processus de contrurbanisation, cet article vise à accroître notre compréhension sur la portée de ce phénomène. Dans ce but, nous décrivons ici les caractéristiques de deux formes 'marginales' de reclassement rural ayant eu lieu en Grande-Bretagne : de nouvelles initiatives dans le crofting en Ecosse et une renaissance de l'idée 'back-to-the- land' en Angleterre. En somme, nous désirons illustrer l'existence peu évoquée d'une grande diversité des mécanismes de contrurbanisation.Halfacree Keith. Going 'back-to-the-land' again: extending the scope of counterurbanisation . In: Espace, populations, sociétés, 2001-1-2. Repopulation et mobilités rurales. pp. 161-170
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