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Almut Küppers, Torben Schmidt & Maik Walter (Hg.) (2011), Inszenierungen im Fremdsprachenunterricht
Full text linkGerade rechtzeitig vor Publikation dieser Ausgabe von Scenario ist der von Almut Küppers, Torben Schmidt und Maik Walter herausgegebenene Band zu “Inszenierungen im Fremdsprachenunterricht” erschienen, eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen, die sich allesamt mit dramapädagogischen Aspekten und unterrichtspraktischen Vorschlägen beschäftigen. Ein Muss für jede/n dramapädagogisch interessierte/n LeserIn – und auch ein Muss für eine Rezension an diesem Ort. Inszenierungen, so die HerausgeberInnen einleitend, erschöpfen „sich nicht im klassischen Schultheater“, sondern bilden einen eigenen Bereich, der sich „mittlerweile zu einem äußerst dynamischen Anwendungsfeld entwickelt hat, der theoretisch fundiert ist, empirisch erforscht wird und von dem Impulse ausgehen, die die klassischen fremdsprachendidaktischen Diskussionen bereichern“ (S. 5). Entsprechend groß ist die Bandbreite der in den Beiträgen behandelten Ansätze, und entsprechend vielfältig sind die Leseeindrücke und Praxisanregungen, die der Band vermittelt. Insgesamt 16 Beiträge umfasst der Band (inklusive der Einführung durch die HerausgeberInnen), angelehnt an den Untertitel des Bandes sortiert nach drei Kategorien: Grundlagen, Formen und Perspektiven (wobei sich der Rezensentin nicht ganz erschlossen hat, wie sich die Beiträge unter “Formen” von denen unter “Perspektiven” grundsätzlich unterscheiden; in beiden finden sich Berichte und Analysen von Unterrichtsszenarien und -erfahrungen. Aber das ist eine relativ marginale und für diese Rezension folgenlose Beobachtung). Den Einstieg in den Band ..
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
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
Traumatic Movements: A study on Refugee Displacement and Trauma in Contemporary Literature
No full textSummaryTo initiate this thesis, our considerations are founded in the following questions: How is refugee trauma represented and treated in contemporary literature and how do the traumatic experiences suffered by refugees impact their resettlement? Furthermore, what cultural and societal implications do the representations of refugee trauma carry? To answer this we explore a series of concepts and theories with the aim of examining our corpus of novels.The field of literary trauma studies provides the thesis with one of its theoretical constituents. Starting with Freud’s initial thoughts on traumatic neurosis, we quickly move to the seminal work of Caruth. As the second wave of literary trauma theory also did, we further engage with the trope of the unspeakable and the potentials of pluralism through the theories of Mandel and Balaev. Lastly, the inclusion of Felman and Laub’s theory is of vital importance for representing the traumatic experience in the novels: the act of testimony and witnessing. From the theoretical writings we find that the refugee experience can advantageously be divided into three phases: pre-displacement, displacement and post-displacement. We find that notions of nostalgia are tied to the forced displacement situation, and contrary to what the Global North citizen might think, they do not always see the post-displacement country as better. Furthermore, some evidence is provided showing how post-displacement trauma might even be more affecting than a pre-displacement war trauma. To comprehend the adaptability of refugees’ suffering from major traumatic experiences we introduce the term resilience. Resilience informs a series of traits in the traumatised individual that allow them to function beyond expected capacity, and the return to a state of biopsychospiritual homeostasis. With a varied corpus, our analyses vary accordingly. All of the authors have a significant message for the reader, and to a great extent they promote a sociocritical position. The role of the pre-displacement trauma has different focuses in the novels, where Bee and Valentino are deeply affected by the hardship they have survived in the native country, while the post-displacement trauma is much more articulated within Sepha, Saeed and Nadia. The level of resilience varies accordingly, as Sepha and Saeed are marked by a great feeling of nostalgia, while Nadia, Bee and Valentino to a much greater extent are dysfunctionally functional. Our discussion considers new aspects of trauma theory that can be directly applied to refugee literature: temporariness, rightlessness and insidious trauma. All protagonists except Bee perceive themselves in a limbo, where they cannot adjust to the host country. Moreover, they feel their human rights are compromised to a degree where they feel disconnected to the reality they find themselves in. By including the aspect of the relation between author and reader, we find that the ethos of the author prove to be central when considering these critiques. The critical reader should always be mindful of the authorial position from which novels are written, as here where they are evenly divided between Global North and Global South natives. This leads us to conclude that while the novels are similar in form, they are rather different narratively. Their greatest force is that they manage to represent the traumatic refugee experience as singular albeit not unique. One final point is also, that to comprehend the refugee experience and resilience, it is absolutely vital to be aware of the Eurocentric perspective.SummaryTo initiate this thesis, our considerations are founded in the following questions: How is refugee trauma represented and treated in contemporary literature and how do the traumatic experiences suffered by refugees impact their resettlement? Furthermore, what cultural and societal implications do the representations of refugee trauma carry? To answer this we explore a series of concepts and theories with the aim of examining our corpus of novels.The field of literary trauma studies provides the thesis with one of its theoretical constituents. Starting with Freud’s initial thoughts on traumatic neurosis, we quickly move to the seminal work of Caruth. As the second wave of literary trauma theory also did, we further engage with the trope of the unspeakable and the potentials of pluralism through the theories of Mandel and Balaev. Lastly, the inclusion of Felman and Laub’s theory is of vital importance for representing the traumatic experience in the novels: the act of testimony and witnessing. From the theoretical writings we find that the refugee experience can advantageously be divided into three phases: pre-displacement, displacement and post-displacement. We find that notions of nostalgia are tied to the forced displacement situation, and contrary to what the Global North citizen might think, they do not always see the post-displacement country as better. Furthermore, some evidence is provided showing how post-displacement trauma might even be more affecting than a pre-displacement war trauma. To comprehend the adaptability of refugees’ suffering from major traumatic experiences we introduce the term resilience. Resilience informs a series of traits in the traumatised individual that allow them to function beyond expected capacity, and the return to a state of biopsychospiritual homeostasis. With a varied corpus, our analyses vary accordingly. All of the authors have a significant message for the reader, and to a great extent they promote a sociocritical position. The role of the pre-displacement trauma has different focuses in the novels, where Bee and Valentino are deeply affected by the hardship they have survived in the native country, while the post-displacement trauma is much more articulated within Sepha, Saeed and Nadia. The level of resilience varies accordingly, as Sepha and Saeed are marked by a great feeling of nostalgia, while Nadia, Bee and Valentino to a much greater extent are dysfunctionally functional. Our discussion considers new aspects of trauma theory that can be directly applied to refugee literature: temporariness, rightlessness and insidious trauma. All protagonists except Bee perceive themselves in a limbo, where they cannot adjust to the host country. Moreover, they feel their human rights are compromised to a degree where they feel disconnected to the reality they find themselves in. By including the aspect of the relation between author and reader, we find that the ethos of the author prove to be central when considering these critiques. The critical reader should always be mindful of the authorial position from which novels are written, as here where they are evenly divided between Global North and Global South natives. This leads us to conclude that while the novels are similar in form, they are rather different narratively. Their greatest force is that they manage to represent the traumatic refugee experience as singular albeit not unique. One final point is also, that to comprehend the refugee experience and resilience, it is absolutely vital to be aware of the Eurocentric perspective.<br/
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