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'''LitNet Akademies''' ("LitNet Academic") (ISSN 1995-5928) is a subsection of LitNet and an [[Accreditation of academic writing|accredited]] online academic journal which publishes Afrikaans research articles in all academic fields. The key aim is to encourage publication in Afrikaans.
 
'''LitNet Akademies''' ("LitNet Academic") (ISSN 1995-5928) is a subsection of LitNet and an [[Accreditation of academic writing|accredited]] online academic journal which publishes Afrikaans research articles in all academic fields. The key aim is to encourage publication in Afrikaans.
  
It was launched in 2008?*, initially edited by [[Etienne van Heerden]] and **, later (2009) by [[Francis Galloway]]. Specifically aimed at promoting publication of academic work in Afrikaans by creating an web-based e-journal for the purpose. This has already been [[Accreditation of academic articles|accredited]] by the [[Department of National Education]] for subsidy purposes and Van Heerden has secured substantial funding via the [[Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans]], which means that, on top of the subsidy, the writer of a peer-reviewed article on LitNet Akademies will receive R8 000 to further their research. LitNet Akademies will not be charging any page fees. The online journal will publish Afrikaans research in the humanities, such as history, psychology and literature. The advisory board consists of academics from South Africa, the UK and the Netherlands. The journal is published as a subsection of the larger website, and for the first four years in fact there was not even a separate section. However, from 2007 onwards such articles are placed under the rubric LitNet Aakademies, with one or two articles appearing at a time.
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It was launched in 2008?*, initially edited by [[Etienne van Heerden]] and **, later (2009) by [[Francis Galloway]]. Specifically aimed at promoting publication of academic work in Afrikaans by creating an web-based e-journal for the purpose. This has already been [[Accreditation of academic journals|accredited]] by the [[Department of National Education]] for subsidy purposes and Van Heerden has secured substantial funding via the [[Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans]], which means that, on top of the subsidy, the writer of a peer-reviewed article on LitNet Akademies will receive R8 000 to further their research. LitNet Akademies will not be charging any page fees. The online journal will publish Afrikaans research in the humanities, such as history, psychology and literature. The advisory board consists of academics from South Africa, the UK and the Netherlands. The journal is published as a subsection of the larger website, and for the first four years in fact there was not even a separate section. However, from 2007 onwards such articles are placed under the rubric LitNet Aakademies, with one or two articles appearing at a time.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:05, 21 December 2010

Since 1994 we have seen the arrival of two immensely impressive internet-linked arts initiatives of importance to theatre researchers, both initiated through the offices of charismatic figures in the arts world – arts administrator, activist and playwright Mike van Graan’s Artslink network and Afrikaans novelist, mentor and theoretician Etienne van Heerden’s LitNet (now also in English). Both these initiatives have grown way beyond the original intention, bursting with categories, covering most literary and art forms and most theoretical perspectives.


LitNet

LitNet is an independent journal on the Internet and a joint venture of Ligitprops 3042 BK and 24.com with Etienne van Heerden as founder-editor.

The LitNet Management Committee consists of Etienne van Heerden, professor in the School of Languages and Literatures at the University of Cape Town and Russel Hanley, commercial general Manager of Media24 Digital.

LitNet went online on 11 January 1999 and moved to a new platform in September 2006. Access the pre September 2006 LitNet here.

The LitNet Mission Statement

LitNet aims to provide a robust virtual home to culture lovers and to stay ahead as the leading South African multicultural online journal. As a broad cultural journal with an Afrikaans speaking heart but an openness to a multicultural environment and living space, it accommodates other languages such as Xhosa, English and Dutch. Now firmly established within the Afrikaans environment, LitNet is committed to growing its English and African language content. Because of its legitimacy within its niche market, its marriage to established publishers, Arts Festivals and other cultural institutions, as well as its unique texture and sound and conservative expenditure, LitNet is set to keep on growing as a space for new writing and vigorous socio-cultural opinion. Combining popular interactivity with quality content establishes LitNet as a home for the homegrown philosopher and the more highbrow intellectual.


LitNet Akademies

LitNet Akademies ("LitNet Academic") (ISSN 1995-5928) is a subsection of LitNet and an accredited online academic journal which publishes Afrikaans research articles in all academic fields. The key aim is to encourage publication in Afrikaans.

It was launched in 2008?*, initially edited by Etienne van Heerden and **, later (2009) by Francis Galloway. Specifically aimed at promoting publication of academic work in Afrikaans by creating an web-based e-journal for the purpose. This has already been accredited by the Department of National Education for subsidy purposes and Van Heerden has secured substantial funding via the Stigting vir Bemagtiging deur Afrikaans, which means that, on top of the subsidy, the writer of a peer-reviewed article on LitNet Akademies will receive R8 000 to further their research. LitNet Akademies will not be charging any page fees. The online journal will publish Afrikaans research in the humanities, such as history, psychology and literature. The advisory board consists of academics from South Africa, the UK and the Netherlands. The journal is published as a subsection of the larger website, and for the first four years in fact there was not even a separate section. However, from 2007 onwards such articles are placed under the rubric LitNet Aakademies, with one or two articles appearing at a time.

Sources

http://www.litnet.co.za/

For more information

http://www.litnet.co.za/

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