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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
Making Home in Forced Displacement:young Syrian men navigating everyday geographies of migration, belonging and masculinities in the Netherlands
Full text linkMaking Home in Forced Displacement challenges dominant and often hostile social discourses on young Syrian male refugees’ everyday practices in the Netherlands. In particular, Syrian men’s attitudes towards gender and partner roles tend to be considered problematic and detrimental to imagined gender identities and relations. In search of a counter-narrative, this thesis provides novel insights into the homemaking practices of young Syrian male refugees in everyday places. It illustrates that forced migration and resettlement disrupt many facets of Syrian men’s daily lives and their identities. They complicate previously developed feelings of home, and prospects for a safe and meaningful life. Throughout, the thesis analyses a repertoire of masculinities young Syrian men employ in their articulations of everyday experiences to overcome these challenges. It further discusses the essential role of places and local opportunities in carving out spaces of home in new and unfamiliar societies. Despite the categorical construction as undesired subjects, the empirical evidence foregrounds various responses of young Syrian men to participate and actively construct a home. As a result, the diverse, heterogeneous and multifaceted nature of Syrian men’s everyday practices disrupts simplistic understandings as to how everyday life is organised
Off the beaten track:The walking interview as a novel research method in refugee studies
Full text linkGender, forced migration and the life course:Syrian male perspectives on partner relationship (re)formation
No full textThis paper seeks to disentangle the gendered perspectives on partner relationships after forced migration. Whereas substantial research has focused on the perspective of women in a response to decades of gender blindness in migration research, we put forward the relevance of male refugees’ understanding of partner relationship dynamics. Hence the paper targets the lived experiences and perceptions of young Syrian men (18-35 years old) as gender- and partner roles are contested, re-produced or transformed in the context of societal change.In order to capture the perspectives of these men, our study adopts a qualitative life course perspective to flesh out the interplay of micro- and macro processes in which partner relationship attitudes and behaviour are defined. We draw from narrative interviews, themed around core principles of the life course paradigm such as agency, linked lives, time and place, and life stage. These empirically rich data will be analysed using narrative analysis.We see two main contributions of this paper. First, by scrutinising the different strategies Syrian men employ to negotiate and re-define partner relationship attitudes and everyday behaviour in the context of a new host society, the paper aims to expand on the life course literature in migration research by discussing new actors and new contexts. Second, the findings of this study will give insights into the gendered complexities of managing partner relationships in forced displacement by offering more nuanced understandings of power divisions within partner relationships.<br/
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
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