Navigating Multiple Tensions for Engaged Praxis in a Complex Social-Ecological System

Cockburn, Jessica J; Palmer, Carolyn G; Biggs, Harry; Rosenberg, Eureta

Title: Navigating Multiple Tensions for Engaged Praxis in a Complex Social-Ecological System
Creator: Cockburn, Jessica J, Palmer, Carolyn G, Biggs, Harry, Rosenberg, Eureta
Date: 2018
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/127886
Identifier: vital:36052
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3390/land7040129
Description: Recently, the 33-year journey of the Southern African Journal of Environmental Education (SAJEE) was the subject of reflection during an Open Access Publishing week convened by Rhodes University Library Services. Two former and current editors-in-chief shared the SAJEE’s story of publishing ‘from the margins into the centre’. In the early 1990s, the Journal was mailed to the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA) membership from the foyer of the Rhodes Education Department (which had the floor space for stuffing and stacking A4 envelopes). In the first decade of this century, the Journal arrived at a symbolic ‘centre’ with digital distribution, first on the EEASA website and then from the Open Access platform provided by African Journals Online (AJOL). The digital move was vital for sustained and increased distribution in a time of shrinking budgets and growing costs. The results, shared with the EEASA Council earlier this year, were nothing short of spectacular: In March 2017, the SAJEE received more than 1 250 article downloads (www.ajol.info/index.php/sajee), and the number of downloads have stayed above 500 each month subsequently (Figure 1). Views and downloads are recorded around the world including,
Format: 24 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Land, Cockburn, J., Palmer, C., Biggs, H. and Rosenberg, E., 2018. Navigating Multiple Tensions for Engaged Praxis in a Complex Social-Ecological System. Land, 7(4), p.129., Land number 7 number 4 129 2018 2073-445X
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Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Land Open Access Statement (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/land)

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