Book tip: Music and Dance in Eastern Africa
This book is available via interlibrary loan. See here for the full library record.
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Book tip. Acts of Transgression: Contemporary live art in South Africa
This book is available via interlibrary loan. See here for the full library record.
Book tip: Glossary of HIV, AIDS and Ebola-Related Terms in Hausa, Yorùbá and Igbo
These books are available via interlibrary loan. See here for the full library records.
Book tips in the Toolbox
With our new series on book tips in the Toolbox, we would like to draw attention to the holdings of the Specialised Information Service (FID) on African Studies and present new publications by African publishers.
What are the benefits of ‘preprints’?
In academic publishing, a preprint is a version of a research paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in scholarly journal.
Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings
“Research partnerships between high-income and lower-income settings can be highly advantageous for both parties. Or they can lead to ethics dumping, the practice of exporting unethical research practices to lower-income settings.”
Survey results: Research data management in African Studies in Germany
Here are the results of the survey on research data in the African Studies (in German) with a summary in English.
Copyrights: publications and research data
Copyrights play an important role not only for the publication of written works but also for the dissemination of research data. Harald Müller of the Copyright Alliance gives some Information on this topic in his presentation.
Research data management in the humanities and cultural studies
The topic of research data management is also becoming increasingly important in the humanities and cultural studies.
The presentation by Lisa Klaffki shows the possibilities for cooperation offered by the project “Digital Research Infrastructure for the Humanities and Cultural Studies (DARIAH-DE)”.
Research Data Management in Area Studies
Research data management is becoming increasingly important in area studies, which include African studies. How can you practically implement such data management? The following presentation by Birte Pfeiffer exemplifies how the German Institute of Global and Area Studies organizes its research data management in Hamburg.