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Bellow is a list of the latest articles added to ASR
Reflections on Three Years of Archiving Research Output
While “Open Access” and “institutional repositories” have received some attention in South Africa in recent years, very few tertiary institutions and departments have made a commitment to opening up access to their research. The Department of Computer Science at UCT was one of the first department…
By: moderator on: 2008-03-02 18:11:20
Open access in South Africa : preliminary results of a survey
In May 2004 a survey, using a questionnaire instrument, was conducted in order to assess the level of awareness of, and investment in, certain defined areas of Open Access scholarly behaviour within the Computer -, Library -, Information Sciences, and Information Systems scholarly disciplines in Sou…
By: moderator on: 2008-03-01 12:36:15
E-journals: Developing Country Access Survey 2002
The survey initiated by INASP identified considerable interest in initiatives to promote and deliver information into the developing world. It highlighted a number of small publisher-specific programmes already in place, mostly associated with learned societies and society membership. It also highli…
By: moderator on: 2008-02-27 23:36:46
Building an Open Access African Studies Repository Using Web 2.0 Principles
This paper describes the aims and design of an open access African Studies Repository (ASR) that is in the first stages of being built. The ASR applies the participatory online tools collectively known as ‘Web 2.0’ to the open repository model. The aim of the ASR is to create a space where everyone …
By: annaw84 on: 2008-02-27 21:47:53
Open access: Scientific publishing and the developing world
The open access (OA) model of publishing has often been suggested as a means of mitigating some of the restrictions faced by scientists in low-income countries, and has made significant progress in improving free access to research. However, as it emerges into the mainstream, the OA model must also …
By: annaw84 on: 2007-05-09 23:41:21
The significance of the death of John Garang for Uganda’s transition to multi-party politics
A reflection on the effects of the death of John Garang, Sudan's first Vice-President, on the war in the north of Uganda.
By: annaw84 on: 2007-05-09 23:22:53
‘Learning from China’: Neglected perspectives on Chinese investment in Africa
A discussion of Western approaches to the economic interests of China in Africa
By: annaw84 on: 2007-05-09 23:12:55
Beyond Oranges and Bananas
The key issue of land that the new Kenyan constitution should have addressed must be separated from issues of the power of the President and Prime Minister so that personality politics can be removed from the centre of political life in Kenya.
By: annaw84 on: 2007-05-09 23:02:33
Pastoralist societies in eastern Africa as a ‘development ‘problem’
Pastoralist societies are persistently characterised as presenting a 'development problem'. Central to this view is the argument that pastoralist societies are unsustainable and lead to environmental destruction and poverty. It is argued that these assumptions, alongside the persistence alienation o…
By: annaw84 on: 2007-05-09 22:25:03
Cultural Rights and Rites of Defiance in Northern Tanzania: Approaches to the Prevention of Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation
Anna Winterbottom, Gemma B. Enolengila, and Jonneke Kommen Abstract Female circumcision or female genital mutilation (FC/FGM) has attracted attention from human rights organisations, governments, and legal experts worldwide as well as from social scientists, historians, and anthropologists. The…
By: annaw84 on: 2007-05-09 21:32:57