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Introduction : bringing back theory
No full textIn a report in the New York Times about a public symposium on the future of theory held at University\ud
of Chicago in 2002, staff writer Emily Eakin suggests that theory appears to have taken a back seat to\ud
more pressing current affairs – the Bush Administration, Al Qaeda, Iraq. Further, she reports that the\ud
symposium’s panel of high-profile theorists and scholars, including Homi Bhabha, Stanley Fish,\ud
Fredric Jameson, seemed reticent to offer their views on what is often touted as the demise or\ud
irrelevance of theory. The symposium and other commentaries on the topic of theory have prompted\ud
the view that the ‘Golden Age of Theory’ has passed and we are now in a ‘Post-Theory Age’. Given\ud
these pronouncements, we need to ask – Does theory matter any longer? Is it time for the obituary? Or\ud
are reports of the death of theory greatly exaggerated? The question remains whether to mourn or\ud
celebrate the demise of theory, and whether the body has in fact breathed its last. The title of this\ud
Introduction – ‘Bringing back theory’ – suggests a resurrection, or perhaps a haunting, as if the\ud
funeral has passed and, like Banquo’s ghost, theory returns to unsettle or disturb the celebration. It\ud
also suggests an entreaty, or perhaps a return performance. Rather than settle on one meaning, one\ud
interpretation, we are happy for all possibilities to coexist. The coexistence of different theories,\ud
different approaches, different interpretations also reflects the state of literary and cultural studies\ud
generally and children’s literature criticism in particular. No single theory or viewpoint predominates\ud
or vies for hegemony. Yet, one further question lingers – what is theory
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
Book Review of On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st century by Jeffrey A. Larsen, Kerry M. Kartchner
Get PDFH-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social SciencesBook review by James Russell of Jeffrey A. Larsen, Kerry M. Kartchner, eds. On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st century. Stanford Security Studies
Series. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014. 312 pp. 90.00 (cloth),
ISBN 978-0-8047-8912-7
Children as Storytellers
No full textStories are meant to be told and share as a vital part of our cultural heritage. Children today are perhaps better read, and read to more, than previous generations. Yet schools have tended to neglect the oral tradition in favour of the written text. This book explores the place of storytelling in the classroom
\u3cem\u3eMoral Perspectives on U.S. Security Policy: Views from the LDS Community\u3c/em\u3e edited by Valerie M. Hudson and Kerry M. Kartchner
No full textValerie M. Hudson and Kerry M. Kartchner, eds. Moral Perspectives on U.S. Security Policy: Views from the LDS Community. Provo, Utah: David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies, 1995. xiv; 178 pp. $24.00
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
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