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The Container: A Journey Through Installation, Containment and PoliticsA Journey Through Installation, Containment and Politics
No full textThe intention of this artist statement is to demonstrate proficiency in scenic, costume and lighting design for the theatre. These design elements were created for the production of Clare Bayley’s play The Container, directed by Muhammad Azri Ali and presented in the University Theatre at the University of Calgary from October 20-31, 2015. The following essay is an outline of my process from preliminary design concepts to the fully realized production through research and readings of the play
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
Students’ Learning Experience in Introduction to Drama Theatre Classes During COVID-19
Get PDFThe pandemic has caused the closure of educational institutions, which halted face-to-face teaching and
learning. The unprecedented situation has left the institutions with no other choice other than implementing
online learning to ensure the educational process's continuity. This study examines students' perceptions in
Introduction to Drama and Theatre online classes. Three components of perceptions were investigated: the
experience in learning the subject online, students' participation in the class, and the materials used in online
classes. The quantitative data were collected from 38 first-year students enrolling in the Drama and Theatre
programme at UNIMAS. The questionnaire was distributed online using Google Form. The findings
showed a positive perception of learning Introduction to Drama and Theatre online, while moderate
perception was identified in students' participation in the class. A positive perception was also seen in the
materials and platforms used in online classes. Most of the students enjoyed the learning process due to the
support from the lecturer. Moving forward, better infrastructure is needed in order to ensure the ability to conduct online learning without any obstacles. All stakeholders are responsible for playing their role to
contribute to the online learning environmen
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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