Short Abstract:
This roundtable considers the role of publications in reflecting, entrenching, or unsettling divides in African Studies: disciplinary, geographic, linguistic. It also foregrounds key publishing issues, including north-south relations, digital technologies, publishing models, funding frameworks.
Long Abstract:
This roundtable considers the role of publications in reflecting, entrenching, or unsettling divides in African Studies: disciplinary (arts and humanities/social sciences/natural and physical sciences); geographic (North/Sub-Saharan Africa as area of study; 'Africanist'/African research, authorship, publishing); and linguistic (European, African, Asian, and other languages). It also foregrounds key publishing issues and developments of our time for debate: globalisation processes, north-south relations, digital technologies, publishing models including Open Access, funding frameworks like the European-led 'Plan S' for journals, publishing of research data, and virtual networks.