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Gender representation beyond the binary: New possibilities and understandings
No full textIn Western society, there is a pervasive view that only two fixed, biologically determined, gender identities exist (e.g., ‘male’ and ‘female’). These constructions form the basis of hetero- and cisnormativity: the dominant societal assumptions that heterosexuality and binary models of gender are natural and normal. These assumptions do not represent everyone (e.g., LGBTQ+; gender diverse populations) and problems related to these assumptions are evidenced within society (e.g., school systems). This thesis understands that, for some, gender beyond the binary is possible. To engage with these possibilities, it is recognised that multiple realities exist and are placed within an individual’s language, interpretations, and interactions. The aim of this thesis is to attend to multiple representations of gender and additionally represent the voices of individuals who are marginalised within societal assumptions. With these ventures in mind, two research enquiries were undertaken. Using meta ethnography, a systematic literature review was conducted to explore how those who identify outside of the gender binary, around the world, construct their gender or related constructs. This review placed emphasis on how some individuals (e.g., ‘non-binary’; ‘genderqueer’) are held particularly accountable to Western constructions of gender and the social worlds around them, making their truths difficult to exist. Following this, an empirical research project was undertaken that took constructions elicited from the systematic literature review to a panel of young people based in the UK. Through a consensus building methodology, the panel were asked to consider what they feel is important to the way in which gender is viewed. From their views, a new framework to the ways in which gender could be viewed was co-created and is represented within the empirical paper. Through both research enquiries, implications for educational professionals, researchers, and policy makers are considered in relation to the dominance of hetero- and cis-normativity. This includes recognising that, for some, gender can transcend fixed and biologically determined possibilities, gender can exist outside or within binary constructions, and gender can fluctuate through time and social worlds. Recommendations are made to allow marginalised voices the autonomy, space, and understanding to construct a gender possibility that is true to them. Strengths and limitations of each research enquiry are considered
Co-creating a new theory of gender beyond the binary: a Delphi study in the United Kingdom
No full textThis study recognizes that a pervasive, binary view of gender does not capture everyone in the United Kingdom (UK) (for example, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and others (LGBTQ+); non-binary; gender-diverse communities). The study sought to develop new understandings regarding what might be relevant in considering how gender is viewed by young people in the UK. A three-round online Delphi methodology was employed with a panel of young people, aged 16–25 years, who recognized that current models of gender do not represent everyone. The panel rated a series of statements related to the way in which gender is viewed and contributed their own statements. A consensus level of 70% agreement was set to include statements in a final framework. The panel reached consensus on a collection of statements which were used to inform new guiding frames of gender to capture diverse possibilities. The framework presents a perspective which allows multiple constructions of gender to co-exist, considers that constructions may change through time, and shares how language can act as a supportive tool. The framework is discussed in relation to the existing evidence base and can be used to communicate the panel’s core messages about gender possibilities in the UK
Dataset in support of the Southampton doctoral thesis "Co-creating a new theory of gender beyond the binary: A Delphi study"
No full textDataset underpinning Chapter Three of the thesis, "Gender Representation Beyond the Binary: New Possibilities and Understandings" by Jamie Thomas Wilson.</span
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
Neurodiversity: An Important Axis of Diversity in Ocean Sciences
Full text linkNeurodiversity refers to variations in the human brain that affect information processing; it includes conditions, or “neurotypes,” such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia, among others. Neurodiversity can be conceptualized as significant differences in the ways that individuals process information; such differences may concern written or verbal language, sensory information, body language, or social interactions. These differences have been historically viewed within the medical model of disability, for example, as deficits in ability through a diagnosed condition, often associated with a goal of curing or managing the condition.</jats: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
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