Publishing from the South
In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest, most established university press in sub-Saharan Africa. While in part modelled on scholarly publishers from the global North, it has had to contend with the constraints of working under global South conditions: marginalisatio...
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| author | Nuttall, Sarah Hofmeyr, Isabel Baderoon, Gabeba Erlank, Natasha Esterhuysen, Amanda Hassim, Shireen Klaaren, Jonathan Klipp, Veronica le Roux, Elizabeth Mahala, Siphiwo Masola, Athambile Mbembe, Achille Mhlambi, Innocentia J Mokoena, Hlonipha ka Ntshingana, Sanele Perkins, Kirsten Ratele, Kopano Roy, Srila van der Spoel, Corina Vladislavić, Ivan |
| author_browse | Baderoon, Gabeba Erlank, Natasha Esterhuysen, Amanda Hassim, Shireen Hofmeyr, Isabel Klaaren, Jonathan Klipp, Veronica Mahala, Siphiwo Masola, Athambile Mbembe, Achille Mhlambi, Innocentia J Mokoena, Hlonipha Nuttall, Sarah Perkins, Kirsten Ratele, Kopano Roy, Srila Vladislavić, Ivan ka Ntshingana, Sanele le Roux, Elizabeth van der Spoel, Corina |
| author_facet | Nuttall, Sarah Hofmeyr, Isabel Baderoon, Gabeba Erlank, Natasha Esterhuysen, Amanda Hassim, Shireen Klaaren, Jonathan Klipp, Veronica le Roux, Elizabeth Mahala, Siphiwo Masola, Athambile Mbembe, Achille Mhlambi, Innocentia J Mokoena, Hlonipha ka Ntshingana, Sanele Perkins, Kirsten Ratele, Kopano Roy, Srila van der Spoel, Corina Vladislavić, Ivan |
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| description | In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest, most established university press in sub-Saharan Africa. While in part modelled on scholarly publishers from the global North, it has had to contend with the constraints of working under global South conditions: marginalisation within the university, budgetary limitations, small local markets, unequal access to international sales channels, and the privileging of English language publishing over indigenous languages. This volume explores what the Press has achieved, and what its modes of reinvention might look like. In widening and deepening our understanding of the Press as an example of a global South scholarly publisher, this volume asks how publishing can contribute to a broader understanding of Southern knowledge production.
Featuring contributions from scholars, publishers and authors this multi-voiced volume showcases the history of the Press’s publishing activities over 100 years: from documenting its evolution through book covers and giving credence to some of the leading black intellectuals and writers of the early 20th century and the success of those works in spite of their authors’ racial marginalisation, to the role of women, both in publishing and in the spaces afforded to women’s writing on the Press’s list. The collection concludes with essays by contemporary authors who detail not only their experiences of working with Southern publishers, but also the politics and influences governing their decisions to choose the Press over a Northern publisher.
Publishing from the South shows the strategies deployed by the Press to professionalise Southern knowledge making, and in the process demonstrating how university presses in the global South support the scholarly missions of their universities for both local and global audiences.
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In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest university press in sub-Saharan Africa. While in part modelled on scholarly publishers from the global North, it has had to contend with the constraints of working under global South conditions: marginalisation within the university, budgetary limitations, small local markets, unequal access to international distribution and sales channels, and the privileging of English language publishing over indigenous languages.
This volume showcases the history and achievements of the Press: from documenting its evolution through book covers and giving credence to some of the leading black intellectuals and writers of the early 20th century and the success of their works in spite of their authors’ racial marginalisation, to the role of women both in publishing and in the spaces afforded to women’s writing on the Press’s list. The collection concludes with author essays on the politics and experiences of choosing and working with a global South publisher.
The collection shows the strategies deployed by the Press to professionalise Southern knowledge making and how local university presses support the scholarly mission of their universities for local and global audiences. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1481342024-11-21T04:02:19Z Publishing from the South Nuttall, Sarah Hofmeyr, Isabel Baderoon, Gabeba Erlank, Natasha Esterhuysen, Amanda Hassim, Shireen Klaaren, Jonathan Klipp, Veronica le Roux, Elizabeth Mahala, Siphiwo Masola, Athambile Mbembe, Achille Mhlambi, Innocentia J Mokoena, Hlonipha ka Ntshingana, Sanele Perkins, Kirsten Ratele, Kopano Roy, Srila van der Spoel, Corina Vladislavić, Ivan Nuttall, Sarah Hofmeyr, Isabel literary history;publishing history;book history;knowledge production;university presses thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP1 Publishing and book trade thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest, most established university press in sub-Saharan Africa. While in part modelled on scholarly publishers from the global North, it has had to contend with the constraints of working under global South conditions: marginalisation within the university, budgetary limitations, small local markets, unequal access to international sales channels, and the privileging of English language publishing over indigenous languages. This volume explores what the Press has achieved, and what its modes of reinvention might look like. In widening and deepening our understanding of the Press as an example of a global South scholarly publisher, this volume asks how publishing can contribute to a broader understanding of Southern knowledge production. Featuring contributions from scholars, publishers and authors this multi-voiced volume showcases the history of the Press’s publishing activities over 100 years: from documenting its evolution through book covers and giving credence to some of the leading black intellectuals and writers of the early 20th century and the success of those works in spite of their authors’ racial marginalisation, to the role of women, both in publishing and in the spaces afforded to women’s writing on the Press’s list. The collection concludes with essays by contemporary authors who detail not only their experiences of working with Southern publishers, but also the politics and influences governing their decisions to choose the Press over a Northern publisher. Publishing from the South shows the strategies deployed by the Press to professionalise Southern knowledge making, and in the process demonstrating how university presses in the global South support the scholarly missions of their universities for both local and global audiences. ; In 2022 Wits University Press marked its centenary, making it the oldest university press in sub-Saharan Africa. While in part modelled on scholarly publishers from the global North, it has had to contend with the constraints of working under global South conditions: marginalisation within the university, budgetary limitations, small local markets, unequal access to international distribution and sales channels, and the privileging of English language publishing over indigenous languages. This volume showcases the history and achievements of the Press: from documenting its evolution through book covers and giving credence to some of the leading black intellectuals and writers of the early 20th century and the success of their works in spite of their authors’ racial marginalisation, to the role of women both in publishing and in the spaces afforded to women’s writing on the Press’s list. The collection concludes with author essays on the politics and experiences of choosing and working with a global South publisher. The collection shows the strategies deployed by the Press to professionalise Southern knowledge making and how local university presses support the scholarly mission of their universities for local and global audiences. 2024-11-21T04:02:17Z 2024-11-21T04:02:17Z 2024-11-20T10:24:15Z 2024 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/94775 9781776140787 9781868145669 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/148134 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/94775/1/9781776149285.pdf Wits University Press 10.18772/22024119247 10.18772/22024119247 5964138d-a857-41b2-823c-a1f4937b3189 9781776140787 9781868145669 368 Johannesburg open access |
| spellingShingle | literary history;publishing history;book history;knowledge production;university presses thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP1 Publishing and book trade thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies Nuttall, Sarah Hofmeyr, Isabel Baderoon, Gabeba Erlank, Natasha Esterhuysen, Amanda Hassim, Shireen Klaaren, Jonathan Klipp, Veronica le Roux, Elizabeth Mahala, Siphiwo Masola, Athambile Mbembe, Achille Mhlambi, Innocentia J Mokoena, Hlonipha ka Ntshingana, Sanele Perkins, Kirsten Ratele, Kopano Roy, Srila van der Spoel, Corina Vladislavić, Ivan Publishing from the South |
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| topic | literary history;publishing history;book history;knowledge production;university presses thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP1 Publishing and book trade thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies |
| topic_facet | literary history;publishing history;book history;knowledge production;university presses thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNT Media, entertainment, information and communication industries::KNTP Publishing industry and journalism::KNTP1 Publishing and book trade thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies |
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