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meeloniteeheeyankwi isi meehtohseeniwiyankwi (we reflect on our lives): The Assessment of Learning the Myaamia Knowledge System & Its Impact
No full textThis session focuses on the language and culture revitalization assessment work of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. This work was initiated by the Miami Tribe’s interest in the impact of language and culture revitalization on the Myaamia community. In partnership with scholars at Miami University, the study focus has been holistic in nature best illustrated by the concept of threads in a web and systems theory. Similar to Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory that examines human behavior as impacted by various systems, we are examining the various “systems” or components of the Myaamia knowledge system as they impact the Myaamia people during the “re-learning” of their indigenous knowledge system. Therefore, the research aim is to understand how reclaiming one’s indigenous knowledge system is impacting the Myaamia people. The approach to this work, the research questions and methodology are shaped by the Myaamia knowledge system which has caused this research to be referred to as kotakinki lisiteeheenki or “thinking in a different manner”. While being mindful of this knowledge system, researchers are observing and assessing the re-learning of keystone Myaamia-based concepts and practices.
Assessment is carried out by observing the learning process through a variety of learning opportunities, some formal and others informal, and allowing the collective experience to define the intended outcome of nahi-mihtohseeniwinki or “living well”. It is important to note that each of the keystone Myaamia-based concepts exist simultaneously informing one another and creating a web of interacting systems, and that language is the medium of learning and study. As a result, none of these factors can be studied in isolation.
Preliminary data (community observations, academic retention and graduation rates, essays written by Myaamia students at Miami University before and after participation in a Myaamia class, and qualitative data from the eewansaapita Myaamia youth summer camps) suggest that the efforts of the Miami Nation, Miami University, and the Myaamia Center are having a substantial impact on tribal members. Myaamia community members have increased participation in tribal events, use of language, and commitment to living properly as defined by their own experiences. At the University level, tribal students are re-conceptualizing their identity in a key developmental period and subsequently succeeding in academics both defined by the Myaamia community and by Miami University. Finally, students participating in the summer camps are incorporating Myaamia knowledge systems within their self-concept and write the Myaamia community into their self-narrative
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
Effects of stereotypical media representations of American Indians on implicit and explicit bias: the power of Pocahontas
Full text linkAccording to cultivation theory, people learn information about the world from exposure to media and according to social cognitive theory, we learn how to interact with our social environment through observation of others. Together, these provide an explanation for why stereotypical media portrayals might increase biased attitudes. However, no research has examined the connection between media portrayals and biased attitudes for American Inidans, a group who are only represented in .2-.4% of American media (Fryberg, Markus, Oyserman, & Stone, 2008). The purpose of this study is to assess the role of stereotypical media portrayals of American Indians on both explicit and implicit attitudes and examine the potential mediating impact of both motivation to respond without prejudice and awareness of White privilege on these relationships. In this study participants were randomly assigned to watch either a series of videos with stereotypical representations of American Indians or a series of control videos. Measures of explicitly biased attitudes (modern racism and colorblind racial attitudes), implicitly biased attitudes, awareness of White privilege, and motivations to respond without prejudice (both internal and external) were assessed pre and post-test. Results from three separate hierarchical regression analyses suggest that media does impact modern racist attitudes towards American Indians, but not general colorblind racial attitudes nor implicit attitudes towards American Indians. Importantly, this relationship between media portrayals and modern racist attitudes is moderated by one’s awareness of White privilege such that higher awareness of White privilege only led to less endorsement of modern racist attitudes towards American Indians when not presented with stereotypical portrayals of American Indians. There were no differences between those low and high on awareness when stereotypical media portrayals were present. Implications and limitations are discussed.</p
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
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
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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