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Introduction
No full textWhen the architectural historian Peter Blundell Jones (1949–2016) commenced his studies in Modernist architecture its main proponents were Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius, and there was a singular narrative of the so-called International or Modern Style. By concentrating on and exposing contemporary designers who had been neglected in the classic histories Blundell Jones adjusted our perception of Modernism as including a much broader narrative that was also much more diverse than hitherto perceived. Through various biographies and series of case studies he exposed not only forgotten heroes but also made them internationally known and relevant. These included Hans Scharoun, Hugo Haring and Gunnar Asplund. The design principles of these architects are now commonly quoted and serve as inspiration for architects aiming to create meaningful and contextually sensitive places that result in richer environments
Conclusions
No full textThis book advances the case study methodology by advocating for a pluralistic and contextsensitive approach that integrates historical critique, ethnographic narratives, participatory action research and speculative design. By employing interdisciplinary perspectives and diverse methods — including narrative inquiry, relational ontology and media analysis — it captures the multifaceted nature of place as simultaneously material and imagined, public and intimate, vulnerable and resilient. These methodological innovations enable a more holistic understanding of place as a dynamic and contested construct shaped by cultural narratives, political power and social practices
Architecture as Mnemonic: The Central Post Office, Kaunas, Lithuania
No full textThis chapter focuses on the former Central Post Office in Kaunas, which is one of the most iconic Modernist buildings in Lithuania. The building was designed by Feliksas Vizbaras (1880–1966) in 1930 and opened in 1931. It has been recognised as an important symbol of the newly independent Lithuanian state. More than a symbolic object, the contextual response, vernacular reinterpretation and user experience of this Modernist building all contribute to shaping its meanings and memories of place, which are lasting beyond the changing conditions of society. This case study echoes a lesser-known alternative modernism influenced by the region’s vernacular architecture, its sustained meaning and accumulated memories. It also reconfirms the mnemonic potential of architecture to act as a bearer of memories
Analytical solution of a gradient-enhanced damage model for quasi-brittle failure
Full text linkThis paper presents an approach for analytically solving gradient-enhanced damage (GED) models. The proposed approach provides rigorous proofs for essential phenomena observed in the traditional GED model, including damage widening, characteristic length sensitivity, and stress-locking. The derived cohesive law is a useful technique for accurately determining the material parameters of the GED model, significantly reducing the sensitivity to characteristic length. Furthermore, this study presents an isotropic damage model that considers both tensile and shear failures and can capture complex crack paths. Finally, a series of numerical examples is shown to demonstrate the efficacy of the suggested method
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
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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