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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
Beneath the Ink : Storytelling for Transformative Change
No full textDriven and drawn to the intersection of knowledges pertaining to meaning making this dissertation seeks to articulate storytelling as an Indigenous practice towards transformational change. As a manifestation of Indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing, storytelling is a specific method in which lived experiences can be recovered,
understood, and sustained in meaningful ways. Contributing to the literature on
Indigenous methodologies paved by decolonial and Indigenous academics this
dissertation posits that storytelling invites the researcher to critically review the methods
used within colonial institutions such as the University. This is particularly important when
considering lived experiences that reflect the interconnectedness of place, objects,
people, and the spiritual domain. Using mainstream definitions and representations of
homelessness as a case for operationalizing this form of methodology; (re)defining the
elements of stories most relevant to understanding homelessness allows us to appreciate
more fully the complexity, rather than individuality of lived experience. Storytelling
unpacks relationships as both a means and destination, providing the context to
understanding connected agents in a holistic manner. Importantly, Indigenous storytelling
is not a new phenomenon. Rather, it reflects a practice of meaning making that has
unfolded since time immemorial. As scholars, we must critically reflect on our own
knowledge-building ecologies, considering more deeply the transformative qualities of
storytelling
Kia Piki te Ora: Whānau Wellness – Strengthening Whānau Māori
No full textThe present research aims to explore the contemporary conceptualisation of whānau wellness for Māori living
in Aotearoa New Zealand. A better understanding of what constitutes wellness for whānau is needed to inform
effective policy, interventions, and measures to improve outcomes for Māori across all indices. Rooted in the
broader Indigenous health and wellbeing context, this kaupapa Māori research operates within a
Transformative-Indigenous paradigm. An extensive review of Māori and Indigenous wellness literature
revealed a sparsity of research, and gaps in the body of knowledge around whānau-level health and wellbeing
for contemporary, urban Māori. Using a qualitative design, semi-structured interviews with 33 adult Māori
yielded rich descriptions of participants’ perceptions and experiences of whānau wellness. Data analysis drew
on general inductive thematic analyses for interview data as well as abductive approaches to organise the
themes. A follow-up hui for participants and cultural experts informed finalisation of the thematic findings and
validated the whānau wellness conceptualisation. Thematic findings reveal a broad conceptualisation of
whānau wellness with three major intersecting themes: personal wellbeing, a sense of whānau, and collective
or whānau wellbeing. The personal wellbeing theme encapsulates seven dimensions: tinana, wairua,
hinengaro, whatumanawa, te oranga, toiora, and mana ake. The sense of whānau theme constitutes four subthemes:
whakapapa, aroha, kaupapa, and whanaungatanga. Eight sub-themes emerged within the
collective/whānau wellbeing theme: rangatiratanga, mauriora, waiora, whai rawa, manaakitanga, whakapakari,
whakamana and āheitanga. Additionally, two key contextual themes, impact of colonisation and contemporary
conditions, emerged as external barriers or challenges to whānau wellness in Aotearoa New Zealand. Building
upon extant Māori models of health and wellbeing, a conceptual model of whānau wellness for contemporary,
urban Māori is proposed. A relevant conceptualisation of whānau wellness is the starting point for better
strategies, measures, funding, and services that promote Māori health and wellbeing. Aligning with
decolonising kaupapa and strengths-based approaches, it is hoped the findings will contribute to more effective
policy and practice, increasing whānau wellness levels for all Māori
Abolitionist Justice: Towards an abolitionist theory of justice and the state
No full textThis thesis aims to contribute to the development of a theory of abolitionist justice. Abolitionist justice refers to the systems, and philosophical underpinnings, that respond to harm when it occurs, using a mixture of state and non-state responses, which does not include prisons, and has mechanisms for the oversight and control of abuses of power in both state and non-state systems. In the New Zealand context, abolitionist justice is underpinned by the constitutional obligations of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
Split into three distinct meditations, this thesis is a theoretical exploration of the state, justice and harm in a society without prisons. It draws together existing abolitionist theory and proposals for alternatives to imprisonment, demonstrating its contradictions and limitations. In the first meditation, the analyses the current state of abolitionist thought and proposes a materialist abolitionist framework for analysing justice alternatives, arguing for a nuanced relationship to the state, grounded in the current social context.
This framework is, in the second meditation, used to unpack the debates from the 1980s around informal justice. It adopts an ideal-type analysis of formalism and informalism in order to expose the contradictions of each, which, in turn, provides insight into what abolitionist justice could entail. It unpacks the difficult questions of community, voluntarism, coercion, oversight and control.
In the third meditation, the potential role of restorative justice in a post-prison future is interrogated. Ultimately, the thesis envisions a radically transformed and decolonised state, with both formal and informal systems providing aspects of how justice could occur without prisons. In doing so, it imagines a society in which both the injustice of imprisonment has ended and harm is responded to in an abolitionist manner
Our People, Our Story: Indigenising Screenwriting
No full textFull Text is available to authenticated members of The University of Auckland only.A global behemoth, the film industry largely maintains a monopoly on the cultural production in the mainstream. In doing so, the industry’s stereotypes of Indigenous peoples and their stories acts as a culturally hegemonic force against accurate portrayals and understandings of Indigenous communities across the globe. This dissertation argues for the creation of a virtual Irreconcilable Space of Aboriginality (Garneau 2012) that both counters this influence and creates a world of Indigenous filmmaking institutions. Using both Te Rua (1991) and Waru (2017) as exemplars, a potential theory of Indigenous screenwriting is crafted to act as the first stage in the construction of a virtual Irreconcilable Space of Aboriginality
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
Data, from a given, to the taken: Theorising Māori Data Sovereignty in Aotearoa
No full textData are the single-most significant asset shaping our present and future realities. Data are driving national and global economies, and are presented as the evidential basis for the development of policies; they are framing political landscapes and radically transforming what it means to live in a democratic state. As we navigate our way through a rapidly developing digital age, one of the biggest issues we are facing as Māori is that of data sovereignty. In this thesis, I draw upon my unique perspective as a mokopuna of Pare Hauraki to consider how data sovereignty is not an abstract theory nor is it limited to a political aspiration, but it is a living, breathing reality.
This first half of this thesis considers how data has become the most powerful global resource of the digital age. Critical to this discussion is an interrogation of the factors that have contributed to data’s accumulated status of neutrality and truth. Tacit assumptions regarding the capacity for data to contribute to fair and equitable outcomes for ‘all’ is contested in light of the experiences of Indigenous peoples. Histories of exploitative research and colonial counting highlight how the benefits of research and data have very rarely accrued for us as Indigenous peoples. Indigenous data sovereignty then is necessary for ensuring these histories do not continue to repeat themselves.
The second half of this thesis includes three distinct case studies that interrogate pressing issues in Indigenous data sovereignty. Namely, privacy, trust and access. Personal narratives and storywork is weaved through each case study to illustrate how issues relevant to privacy, trust and access are felt at the individual level and how this sits within a broader collective experience. Written in the context of a global pandemic, this thesis offers an important insight into the ways that we as Indigenous peoples continue to experience the harms (re)produced by structurally violent, oppresive, colonial structures. However, we are not defined by these systems and we have shown that when we return to our ways of knowing and being, not only do we survive, we thrive. To this end, Māori concepts of tapu, tiakitanga and whakapapa are considered as key features of a sovereign data space for Māori
Who gets to speak on Islamic extremism? Making space for Muslim women survivors of family violence in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE)
No full textThis thesis aims to explore and locate space for the experiences of Muslim women, particularly those with survivor insights of family violence, in relation to Islamic extremism within New Zealand’s Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) policy. It is a qualitative inquiry within feminist research paradigm, introducing the topic within autoethnographic tradition to facilitate voice where the researcher as Muslim woman herself, “speaks” to the kaupapa (purpose) from lived experience to extend meaningful critique to the literature in PVCE. The “WPR” analytical framework (“what’s the problem represented to be”) is utilised to unpack the problematisation of Islamic extremism in PCVE policy and gender typology of Muslim women in question; and case studying the 20-year evolution of PCVE programme PREVENT in the UK to learn how gender constructions and the role of women can shift through policy narrative and public engagement models within PCVE. The paper begins by identifying gender analyses that examines women and parallels with gender-based/ family violence in PCVE studies since 9/11. It explores how despite increasing evidence of other forms of ideological violence such as white supremacist, misogynist and far-right extremist in more recent years, the Muslim body fixated as gendered and threat to national home security and international relations, remain central in PCVE studies. It then seeks to understand the changing contexts and policy narratives demonstrated in PREVENT UK as a case study. This enables a lesson-drawing exercise for the paper and highlights the silences and absence of certain perspectives in New Zealand currently. These gaps signal potential opportunities to create safe spaces for further empirical research in PCVE, as well as inform public policy actors on contextualities of engaging with underrepresented voices in Muslim communities
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