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Climate change awareness in the Lezha area through artistic practice
No full textThe phenomenon of global warming and its triggering effects among which are the rising of water levels is a fact that is happening unstoppably day by day. Many coastal parts across the globe are in danger of disappearing. One of the cases that should be considered is the lagoon of Kune-Vain in the Lezha district.
The whole area administered by the Municipality of Lezha has problems and will have problems with the floods of the lands that make up this administrative unit. At the same time, the cultural heritage sites of this municipality are endangered. Seen from a wider scale, man has his own responsibilities for these climate changes, such as rising temperatures and coastal erosion. For this reason, the awareness of the residents of this municipality but also that of tourists can play an important role in protecting the ecosystem and even more, in protecting the Kune-Vain lagoon.
Based on several previous implementations. the lagoon in addition to a national park can be turned into an art park through the implementation of art pieces, which will serve to raise public awareness against climate change. The art pieces can give an even greater visibility to the lagoon, increasing the number of visitors.
Artworks that have the same concern about climate changes that are already showed and are part of public art, they can be installed in the Kune – Vain lagoon, by use of sensors, colors, lights, etc. the installations will interact with the rising hypothesis of the increment of water; activating on the predictions of the sea level and rain flood. The works provide a visual reference of future sea level rise.
One of the art works that will suit very well as part of the lagoon is “Lines (57° 59N, 7° 16’W)” (Niittyvirta & Aho, 2018), an interactive site specific light installation located Outer Hebrides in Scotland, UK. The project was a collaboration between Timo Aho & Pekka Niittyvirta.
This installation will explore the catastrophic impact of our relationship with nature and its long term effects. The work provokes a dialogue on how the rising sea levels will affect coastal areas, its inhabitants and land usage in the future
Reclaiming Urban Space: Gordon Matta-Clark’s Artistic Approach to the Peripheral Neighborhoods
No full textThis study examines the interaction of art works and architectural interventions
by Gordon Matta-Clark in the context of Tirana, analyzing through his practice the destruction of areas of the city for requalification, a relatively recent phenomenon known as gentrification in Tirana. The main question of this research is how Matta-Clark's creativity can serve as a fruitful resource for understanding urban change and advances in formal sustainability.
While Tirana in recent years has experienced urban development, the city is challenging simi- lar problems that important cities like New York have experienced during the 60s and 70s. The history of the city and the social issues are different, but still there are some similarities, especially in the case of gentrification. These problems were addressed by artists who aimed to create a dialogue between community rights and public authorities. Referred to that, Matta Clark's art practice can be seen as a way for dealing with those issues.
Matta-Clark's approach challenges the boundaries of the routed belief of the role of archi- tecture; he challenges the fixed rules of architecture by focusing on deconstruction and com- munity involvement. By using his works as a method to analyze urban space, this research investigates the artistic and social dimensions of architecture, urban voids, and the potential of temporary abandoned spaces to foster community engagement. The research examines the potential of Matta-Clark's methods in the context of Tirana’s urban requalification
The Folkloric Spirit Through the Form. In the case of Tirana recents architectural development
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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
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
Redefining the Identity of Finiq: A Systemic Approach to Urban Resilience and Sustainable Development
No full textThis paper will discuss the challenges and potential of the Municipality of Finiq, a
region in southern Albania rich in natural, historical, and cultural features; at the same time, however, facing severe degradation and loss of identity. Drawing inspiration from the myth of the Phoeniciae, this study introduces the concept "Re-Invention," which symbolizes the desire of this municipality to reconstruct itself by way of transformation. This would be described as an interrelated population decline, isolation, and a lack of spatial hierarchy that characterizes the Finiq community and its surrounding settlements. Amongst these, the key problems iden- tified are the abandonment of residential structures and poor quality public spaces, which are contributing to an unstructured spatial configuration of this area. In this paper, a methodology for revitalizing these public spaces is presented by re-identifying and amplifying the hidden identity of Finiq Municipality. It includes an approach based on the integration of local tradi- tions, realizing immediate needs of the community in which one lives, so as to create a new sense of place and cohesion. This research delivers a framework for sustainable development that may contrast the continuous decline of recovering at least part of the historical and cul- tural importance of the area by unveiling its hidden identity
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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