Dear Lucas,
Yes - you are absolutely right about the co-authorship network - that
too would be extremely interesting to find out and have access to as
a resource. In many respects this is easier to establish, now that so
many paper/journal databases are online and searchable (it could even
be automated to a degree). So, yes, perhaps this is a worthy
follow-on project.
However, I probably should have made myself clear about the 'tree' -
it is clear that there is not one single tree originating from a
single source and, indeed, there will be many, if not the majority of
individuals, located outside the UK. Perhaps, mini-wood would be a
better metaphor, (i.e. lots of individual trees). Either way, I think
it will be interesting to see and visualize the responses.
(Remember though, many of the groups in places such as those you've
mentioned, contain individuals who did doctoral research in the UK
and then returned home again, often to supervise their own PhD in
turn)
Regards
Ruth
>I do not know your interest in this paper, but a "academic family
>tree" would not reflect the current development of whatever is space
>syntax nowadays. From my experience distributing Mindwalk I noticed
>that the majority of people interested in this field is outside Uk,
>with strong communities in Brazil, Portugal, Netherlands, Sweden and
>Korea.
>
>Maybe would be more interesting to create the co-authorship network of
>the Symposium.
>
>The paper citation network we know that will be in an infinite recursive loop.
>
>Regards,
>Lucas Figueiredo
>
>On 04/04/07, Ruth Conroy Dalton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>For the purposes of a paper I am writing and, mostly, purely for reasons of
>>interest, I am trying to put together the 'academic family tree' for space
>>syntax. Many other fields have done this - the most detailed example is the
>>mathematical one, which can be found at
>>http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/
>>
>>
>>Barsically, for those who don't know, one's academic 'parent' is your
>>doctoral supervisor (PhD, I'm afraid, masters do not count) and your own
>>students, upon successful completion, are your 'children'. So far I have
>>been putting together the primary UCL branches, but I'd now like to hear
>>from anyone who has a PhD which mostly uses space syntax methods (please use
>>sensible judgement here), equally, if you have supervised such PhDs, a list
>>of your completed students. Once I have put this together, I will place the
>>results online, so that it can be searchable.
>>
>>
>>So - if you ever wanted to know your parents, nephews, or second cousins
>>twice removed, then this is how to find out!
>>
>>
>>Ideally I'd like
>>
>>
>>Name:
>>Year of PhD thesis:
>>Title of thesis:
>>Supervisor:
>>
>>
>>(But it's the name and supervisor that are most important)
>>
>>
>>(In the American system, this would be the chair of your committee or in the
>>UK system your primary supervisor).
>>
>>
>>For those interested,
>>
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_genealogy
>>
>>
>>There are some good links from the Wikipedia entry. I particularly like the
>>neurology one.
>>
>>
>>Just think - if we eventually have the full network, we could identify the
>>most 'integrated' individuals!
>>
>>
>>By the way, my hunch is that we've made it to four generations already - but
>>there may be a few surprises. Please respond.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>Ruth --
>>
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>>University College London
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>Lucas Figueiredo
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