[Air-L] Citation praxis

[Marj Kibby]

It could be argued that omitting first names brings about not gender equality, but the further erasure of the contributions of women.

I'm assuming you do not alter family names in the interest of avoiding judgements on the basis of ethnicity.

Regards,
Marj




Associate Professor Marjorie Kibby 
Film, Media and Cultural Studies
Teaching and Learning Convenor
School of Humanities and Social Science
The University of Newcastle  Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia
Marj.Kibby at newcastle.edu.au
+61 2 49216604


>>> <richard.ling at telenor.com> 10/27/2008 8:47 AM >>>
Hello all,

I need advice on the style of citations. I generally use only initials for first names in the name of gender equality. The idea being that the reader will judge the citation not by the gender of the author but by the quality of the work.

I have recently been asked to change this format to include full given names. In addition to being a pain to look up all the names it seems to violate the gender equality idea.  

Is there a clear praxis here?


Rich Ling
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