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| First Name | Anna |
| Last Name | Winterbottom |
| annaw84@gmail.com | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Institution | University of London |
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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 …
Submitted 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 …
Submitted 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.
Submitted 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
Submitted 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.
Submitted 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…
Submitted 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…
Submitted on: 2007-05-09 21:32:57