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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
Gender-Based Violence in Arts and Culture
Full text linkThis book offers a groundbreaking exploration of the pervasive issue of gender-based violence (GBV) within the realms of art and cultural production. This collection of essays delves into both the overt and subtle forms of GBV. It spans sexual harassment, assault, and the everyday sexism ingrained in creative workplaces and art schools, in both professional and private dimensions. The book covers a wide array of artistic sectors—opera, visual arts, music, and theatre—across diverse global contexts, from Europe to Asia and North America. By incorporating feminist and sociological theories, the essays not only examine the structural power dynamics that perpetuate GBV but also highlight efforts to challenge and dismantle these systems. The book addresses both criminal acts of violence and the "ordinary" forms of sexism that pervade artistic spaces, making visible the normalized patterns of behavior that maintain gender inequality. The volume is divided into three parts: the production of GBV, its representations in cultural work, and the initiatives to counteract it. A crucial contribution to ongoing discussions of workplace and educational inequality, this timely volume fills a notable gap in research on gender-based violence within the arts. Its methodological rigor and international perspective ensure that it will serve as a key resource for scholars, practitioners, and advocates alike
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
Les stars de l’art contemporain. Notoriété et consécration artistiques dans les arts visuels, A. Quemin
No full textC’est un domaine de recherche peu exploré jusqu’ici qu’aborde Alain Quemin : les phénomènes de notoriété et de consécration artistiques dans le domaine des arts visuels contemporains. En s’inscrivant dans la lignée des travaux réalisés par Edgar Morin (1957) sur les stars, par Raymonde Moulin (1967)sur la formation des valeurs économique et esthétique sur le marché de la peinture en France, par Alan Bowness (1989) sur les étapes conduisant à la notoriété en art, ou encore des travaux récents ..
Usages et apports des méthodes mixtes dans une recherche sociologique sur les inégalités de genre dans l’art contemporain
No full textÀ partir d’une enquête sociologique sur les inégalités de genre dans l’art contemporain, cet article interroge les usages et les apports des méthodes mixtes dans le processus de production de connaissance sociologique. Après avoir présenté la problématique et l’objet de cette recherche pour appréhender la pertinence du pluralisme méthodologique, l’article souligne comment la combinaison des approches qualitatives et quantitatives permet de développer des résultats de recherche originaux.Based on a sociological study of gender inequality in contemporary art, this article examines the uses and contributions of mixed methods in the process of producing sociological knowledge. The article first presents the research question and the object of this research to understand the relevance of methodological pluralism. Then it highlights how the combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches makes it possible to develop original research results
A.QueminLes stars de l’art contemporain. Notoriété et consécration artistiques dans les arts visuels2013CNRS ÉditionsParis458 pp.
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Artists but women : education, career and reputation in contemporary art
No full textLes plasticiennes sont sous-représentées aux plus hauts niveaux de la réputation artistique, symbolique et économique alors même qu’elles sont majoritaires au sein des écoles d’art et de la population des plasticien.ne.s. Située au croisement de la sociologie du travail, du genre, de l’art et de l’éducation, cette thèse explique ce paradoxe. Elle analyse la fabrique des inégalités de genre au sein d’une école d’art très prestigieuse et ses effets sur l’entrée, le maintien et l’accès à la réputation de ses diplômé.e.s dans l’art contemporain. La construction genrée des carrières artistiques est mise en évidence grâce à l’articulation de données quantitatives issues d’un palmarès d’artistes (ArtFacts), d’entretiens biographiques et d’observations. Qu’il s’agisse du recrutement dans l’école, de la sélection dans un atelier, des « petits boulots » exercés, d’être invité.e à exposer et d’être représenté.e par une galerie, la disparition progressive des femmes se joue autour de jeux de cooptation. À différents moments de la carrière, des stéréotypes sexués pèsent sur l’évaluation de la qualité artistique des femmes et de leurs œuvres, le stigmate de la maternité restreint leur employabilité et leur hétérosexualisation limite les possibilités d’autopromotion. L’accès aux conventions du monde de l’art contemporain et l’insertion dans des réseaux professionnels, en particulier sur le marché de l’art, sont sexuellement différenciés. Néanmoins, diverses ressources sociales, économiques, scolaires ou institutionnelles permettent à certaines femmes de contourner les contraintes qui pèsent sur les carrières artistiques féminines et d’accéder à la réputation.Women artists are underrepresented at the highest levels of artistic, symbolic and economic reputation, although they make up the majority of art school students as well as artists. Drawing on sociology of work, gender, art and education, this PhD dissertation explains this paradox. It analyses the making of gender inequalities within a very prestigious French art school and how these affect the entrance into an artistic career, survival in the profession and access to reputation of its graduates in contemporary art. The joint analysis of quantitative data from an artist ranking (ArtFacts), biographical interviews and ethnographic observations sheds light on the gendered construction of artistic careers. Whether it is during the recruitment by the art school, the selection in a studio, student jobs, the invitation to exhibit one’s work or being represented by a gallery, women’s gradual disappearance plays out in co-optation processes. At different stages in the career, the stigma of motherhood restricts their employability and their heterosexualization limits opportunities for self-promotion. Access to the conventions of the contemporary art world and integration into professional networks, particularly in the art market, are sexually differentiated. Nevertheless, different social, economic, educational or institutional resources allow some women to bypass the constraints weighing on women’s artistic careers, and to gain reputation
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe 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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