[Air-L] Citation praxis

Jim Porter porterj8 at msu.edu
Mon Oct 27 02:30:22 PDT 2008


First initials only renders invisible the contributions of women ... well,
of men, too, for that matter. It is also a violation of the accuracy
principle in citation style -- i.e., get the article/book title, the
journal, the names of the authors *exactly* right, as published. I favor
breaking with APA guidelines on this point.

Jim Porter 



> I would go so far as to say that making women visible is crucial in order to
> combat persistent stereotypes that women don't do techie work.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Kim
> 
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Marj Kibby
> <Marj.Kibby at newcastle.edu.au>wrote:
> 
>> 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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