Historiography of Czech and Slovak studies on Africa
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Historiography of Czech and Slovak studies on Africa
Original language description
This article focuses on the historiography of African studies in the Czech and Slovak (former Czechoslovak) Republics from the earliest contacts with Africa, via the writings of missionaries, adventurers, and intellectuals, and right up to the scientific study of African history, societies, culture, and languages by academic researchers after the Second World War. Special attention is paid to the constitution of African studies as a scientific discipline in the mid-20th century – first in the domain of linguistic research and later in the domain of historical and ethnographic research – through the work of members of the Oriental Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and the Department of Asian and African Studies in the Faculty of Arts at Charles University. After mentioning obstacles that researchers in African studies had to surmount during the communist era (1948–89), and in particular during the era of normalization (1970–89), the authors outline the development of African studies after the Velvet Revolution. Finally, they present the publication activities of both the “old” and “new” generations of researchers on Africa up to the present day.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50404 - Anthropology, ethnology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Archiv Orientalni
ISSN
0044-8699
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Volume of the periodical
86
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
72
Pages from-to
471-542
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85060512740