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Decol02b


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Reciprocal perspectives in publishing: making African research accessible in European and European research accessible in Africa II 
Convenor:
Anne Schumann Douosson (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
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Format:
Panel
Stream:
Linguistic and visual (de)colonialisms
Location:
Room 1098
Sessions:
Friday 10 June, -
Time zone: Europe/Berlin

Short Abstract:

This panel presents new initiatives in the publishing sector to promote reciprocal perspectives in African Studies, including the open scholarly repository AfricArXiv, the African Studies Library, the African Publishers Database for co-publishing (IAI, SOAS), and the African Books Collective.

Long Abstract:

The call to decolonise African Studies has at first concentrated on the decolonisation of curricula. However attention is now turning to the sector of scholarly communications, and to the renewed initiatives in the publishing sector to promote reciprocal perspectives in African Studies. Due to difficulties with distribution, publications by African publishers have often been inaccessible in European libraries. Simultaneously, publications on research pertaining to Africa in Europe has often been inaccessible in Africa due to high prices and poor distribution. This panel, organised by the research infrastructure committee (Infrastrukturausschuss) of the VAD will present several important initiatives aiming to change this: AfricArXiv is an open scholarly repository making manuscript versions of articles (preprint and post print) available through open access. The African Studies Library (FID Afrikastudien) at the Goethe-University Frankfurt has an acquisition policy of buying exclusively publications from publishers on the African continent and making them findable and accessible through its new portal. The African Books Collective (ABC) is owned by publishers on the African continent and has been formed to tackle the issue of distribution. The International African Institute (IAI) at SOAS, University of London has compiled the African Publishers Database in view of promoting co-publication between European and African publishers.

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Session 1 Friday 10 June, 2022, -
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