ABS: Herubel, Metadisciplinarity, Belles lettres, and Andre Malraux: A bibliometric exploration of knowledge formation
Gretchen Whitney
gwhitney at UTKUX.UTCC.UTK.EDU
Mon May 15 18:44:30 EDT 2000
Herubel JPVM, Goedeken EA, " Metadisciplinarity, Belles lettres, and Andre
Malraux: A bibliometric exploration of knowledge formation", SERIALS
LIBRARIAN 37: (4) 51-68 2000
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL: Edward A. Goedeken - edgoed at iastate.edu
A FEW QUOTES FROM THE PAPER:
"Significance of Study:
The purpose of this study is to identify and isolate articles from within
the broad disciplines of the arts and humanities that have cited Andre
Malraux in any fashion in order to determine Malraux's influence upon the
research literature in various disciplines."
"However, bibliometric studies focusing on intellectual influence in
scholarship are rare, making this present study and exploratory prototype.
Concentration on Malraux's corpus and citations to his works should reveal a
subtle and concerted influence upon other disciplines by belle-ettres
thinker and writer of Malraux's stature.
Unline bibliometric studies of the sciences, technologies, and social
sciences, bibliometric studies of the humanities have been uneven. Since
paradigmatic characteristics of knowledge as conceived by Thomas Kuhn do not
exist in the humanities, bibliometric studies of non-scientific literatures
may not conform to Kuhnian standards. And yet, though it does not rely on
cumulative knowledge in the ordinary scientific sense, humanities
scholarship can still be examined for intellectual and cultural influence.
Indeed, bibliometrics can be used to effectively open the door on literary
and fine arts activity. This is clearly evident, for example, in the recent
work of Vaillant and Rosa, whose mapping of nineteenth century literary
production has been creative as well as instrumental in undersanding book
and reading culture. This type of research shows that bibliometric
exploration in the humanities can be extremely promising for the systematic
study of non-scientific activities."
"METHODOLOGY:
To capture a suitable longitudinal sample, we used the citation field of
Arts and Humanities Citation Index on CD-ROM for the years 1975-1994, which
produced 710 entries. Only articles were chosen, excluding reviews of
secondary scholarship and new editions of primary novels, essays, memoirs,
and commentaries, as well as other bibliographic formats. "
"CONCLUSION
..... Our study explored the possibility of using the Arts and Humanities
Citation Index CD-ROM to gather citations to an author's works and, through
substantive knowledge of the target subject, establish intellectual
influence. By illustration, this approach can be harnessed to trace any
writer's influence in scholarship, whether a disciplinary scholar or a
belles-lettres writer. Theoretical and applied uses can be found for such
an approach, whether for ascertaining research strengths or for the further
articulation of the shifting boundaries of intellectual and cultural
scholarship."
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TITLE : Metadisciplinarity, Belles lettres, and Andre Malraux: A
bibliometric exploration of knowledge formation
AUTHOR Herubel JPVM, Goedeken EA
JOURNAL SERIALS LIBRARIAN 37: (4) 51-68 2000
Document type: Article Language: English Cited References: 66
Times Cited: 0
Abstract:
A theoretical and conceptual mapping of the contours of knowledge emerges
through a bibliometric approach using the Arts and Humanities Citation
Index. Focusing on Andre Malraux and his writings, one can discern how
bibliometrics can effectively explore the subtle characteristics of
disciplinary knowledge, and how their permutations reflect the evolution
of knowledge along a metadisciplinary continuum.
Evidence indicates that Malraux's non-disciplinary, i.e., belles-lettres,
writing has influenced theoretical thinking in a number of disciplines.
Malraux's intellectual and cultural influence can be effectively pursued
through referential analysis. This theoretical approach
provides a viable conceptual model of intellectual mutation, influence, and
bibliometric veracity. This study's results show that this methodology
could be applied effectively in other areas of intellectual history and
cultural studies.
Author Keywords:
bibliometric analysis, Andre Malraux, metadisciplinarity,
interdisciplinarity
KeyWords Plus:
CITATION CHARACTERISTICS, FINE-ARTS, MONOGRAPHS, SCIENCE, WORK
Addresses:
Herubel JPVM, Purdue Univ, Stewart Ctr 1530, Philosophy Polit Sci Humanities
Social Sci & Educ, W Lafayette, IN
47907 USA.
Purdue Univ, Stewart Ctr 1530, Philosophy Polit Sci Humanities Social Sci &
Educ, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA.
Publisher:
HAWORTH PRESS INC, BINGHAMTON
IDS Number:
301ZF
ISSN:
0361-526X
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