The Neo-Colonial Political Economy of Scholarly Publishing: Its UK-US Origins, Maxwell’s Role, and Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa
| Autor: | Eve Gray |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | The African Journal of Information and Communication, Iss 27, Pp 1-9 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2077-7205 2077-7213 |
| DOI: | 10.23962/10539/31367 |
| Popis: | The prevailing dynamics of today’s global scholarly publishing ecosystem were largely established by UK and US publishing interests in the years immediately after the Second World War. With a central role played by publisher Robert Maxwell, the two nations that emerged victorious from the war were able to dilute the power of German-language academic publishing—dominant before the war—and bring English-language scholarship, and in particular English-language journals, to the fore. Driven by intertwined nationalist, commercial, and technological ambitions, English-language academic journals and impact metrics gained preeminence through narratives grounded in ideas of “global” reach and values of “excellence”—while “local” scholarly publishing in sub-Saharan Africa, as in much of the developing world, was marginalised. These dynamics established in the post-war era still largely hold true today, and need to be dismantled in the interests of more equitable global scholarship and socio-economic development. |
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