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Beyond the rhetoric. Planning theory in the age of technology
No full textWithin the animated debate of contemporary Planning Theory, more and more
space is (appropriately) devoted to the critical deconstruction of some forms of rhetoric that, collecting vast consent within the public opinions, have been widely used in the field of urban politics and urban planning. What are these rhetorics? How do they take shape? In an attempt to answer these questions, the paper proposes an exploration articulated on two levels. The first consists in the analysis of rhetoric as an ‘epiphenomenon’, i.e. ephemeral manifestation of a structural tendency: that is, the return, in the f ield of social sciences and in particular of spatial planning, of scientism. By addressing the origins of the disciplinary rhetorics as well as the reappearance of scientism, the paper finally reflects on possible implications for Planning theory in the ag e of technology
Ripensare la partecipazione. Nuove forme di engagement fra conoscenza, consapevolezza e riflessività
No full textLa congiuntura storica segnata dalla pandemia di covid-19 e dall’aggravarsi della catastrofe ecologica rappresenta, per le comunità urbane, un’opportunità di riflessione sui valori che animano l’urbanistica – e, di riflesso, sul ruolo della partecipazione all’interno dei processi di pianificazione. Se la rilevanza che negli ultimi decenni le pratiche collaborative hanno assunto, sul piano istituzionale, accademico e professionale è pressoché indiscussa, oggi si avverte la forte necessità di riconsiderare le radici e le forme dell’agire collettivo. Che cosa significa, dunque, ripensare la partecipazione, l’engagement, in spazi urbani in cui spinte antagonistiche e reti d’integrazione convivono – intrecciate le une alle altre? In che modo è possibile (ri)contestualizzare i valori costituenti delle pratiche partecipative, “risignificare” la partecipazione stessa? E soprattutto, come superare i rischi della depoliticizzazione – ampiamente esplorati dalla letteratura? L'articolo prende le mosse da un’introduzione teorica incentrata sull’esplorazione di tre (possibili) prospettive di rilancio dei valori e delle forme della partecipazione, alla quale fa seguito un approfondimento empirico. Il caso dell’Off Campus milanese di Nolo offre preziosi elementi di riflessione circa le potenzialità di pratiche di engagement radicate nel territorio, innovative e (autenticamente) trans-attive
Discretion, justification, and legitimation in contemporary urban decision making. A reflection on the role (and risks) of urban AI
No full textIn the face of urban artificial intelligence, what is expected for urban planning is the emergence of automation as an unprecedented paradigm. While there is no lack of conflicting opinions on the dissemination of AI, the paper proposes a reflection on the impact of this technology on three distinctive features of urban decision-making: discretion, justification, and legitimation. Drawing on Luigi Mazza’s theoretical endeavors, the research argues that urban decision-making cannot be reduced to the logic of automation. Mainly because of the inherent discretionary character of choices within the planning arenas, the decision-making process is deeply conditioned by discursive strategies. Given such premises, AI deserves to be carefully framed. To do this, the paper inquiries into artificial intelligence’s genealogy, so to outline a consistent definition as emerging from relevant literature. Yet, to grasp AI’s overreaching epistemological, technical-operational, and ethical-political implications, it is convenient to frame it within the wider debate on the rise of a new science of the city (of which AI constitutes one of the undisputable pillars). Following the assessment of discretion in planning decision-making, the paper indulges on the current disciplinary discourse around AI, shedding light on the possible risks inherent to the paradigm of automation
What if planning is not a science? A call for consideration of ‘epistemic plurality’ in planning theories
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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
Local contention in energy and water related projects. Discussions of environmental justice
No full textDispelling 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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