scholarly journals Dreams and constraints of an African publisher: Walter Bgoya, Tanzania Publishing House and Mkuki na Nyota, 1972–2020

Africa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 575-601
Author(s):  
Maria Suriano
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Intellectual Freedom ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Postcolonial Africa ◽  
Structural Adjustment Programmes

AbstractThis article explores the history of two Tanzanian publishing houses and the remarkable life and career of Walter Bgoya, former general manager of Tanzania Publishing House (1972–90) and managing director of Mkuki na Nyota, which he founded in 1991. Using the lens of microhistory, and drawing from extensive interviews with Bgoya and conversations with two colleagues and three authors, the article first chronicles his early life and ideological formation and what influenced his career in book publishing. It then examines the key achievements and challenges faced by these publishing houses in different times of austerity (e.g. Structural Adjustment Programmes, foreign investment with conditionalities, declining state support and high printing costs), along with the complex ways in which Bgoya has navigated the shifting, often uncertain, political, financial and legislative landscapes, while retaining his intellectual freedom and core Pan-Africanist beliefs. Constraints have not hampered Bgoya's pursuit of ambitious projects or his commitment to publishing relevant and progressive books, either written by African authors or on African matters. I suggest that reducing the scale and identifying how specific conditions of austerity have affected the choices made by a publisher over time can yield insights into the ways in which cultural institutions have contributed to knowledge production and dissemination in postcolonial Africa.

scholarly journals PUBLISHING HOUSE, “EXCELLENTLY PUBLISHING WORTHY BOOKS...”

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 564-570
Author(s):  
M.E. Kroshneva
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Regional Literature ◽  
Literary Context ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Book Culture

The paper explores the actual features of the historical and literary context of book culture in Finland in Russian. On the example of the publishing house "Biblion" (1919-1921) the information is provided that contributes to the study of the publishing activities of foreign organizations, subjects of Sweden and Finland, contributing to the appearance of books of fiction by many Russian authors, the most famous of which during this period were Leonid Andreev and Alexander Kuprin. For a more complete presentation of the issue of the development of Russian book publishing between 1919 and 1921, it is necessary to know not only about trends on a national scale, to see the features of the development of book publishing in the regions, but also to take into account the specifics of the work of publishing houses and publishing activities of Russian abroad. The relevance of the issue is confirmed by the lack of domestic studies on the topic of publishing Russian literature abroad. The results of the work can be used in teaching courses on literature and culture of the Russian abroad countries, the history of Russian literature of the 1/3 of the XX century, studies of regional literature, with the refinement and addition of biobibliographies, bibliographies, catalogs, encyclopedias, other publications of Russian literature abroad.

Educational Book and Book Publishing of Moscow Student Community at the Beginning of XX century: Libraries, Publishers, Book Trade

2015 ◽  
pp. 110-116
Author(s):  
A. V. Zaitseva
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Book Trade ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Technical School ◽  
Student Community ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Trading Activities ◽  
The Moment

The article focuses on the libraries and the publishing and book trading organizations established by Moscow students in the early twentieth century. These organizations were founded to make the textbooks more available, cheaper and less deficient than they were at the moment. As the resource of the textbooks, libraries of compatriots’ associations were widespread. At the Moscow University students publishing commissions (parts of benefit societies) printed lecture notes and examination programs. Library, publishing, and trading activities were tightly bound in these societies. In the Moscow Technical School and the Moscow Women High Courses the libraries and publishing houses functioned independently of each other and of economical organizations of students. The students Library of textbooks at the Moscow Agricultural Institute was really unique, as it combined library service with book publishing for a while. Book trade was usually managed by publishers. Besides students organizations within educational institutes, there functioned a cooperative bookstore and a publishing house at the same time, common for all Moscow students. A dream, that never came true, was a Students House and united library collections of textbooks in it. In spite of many complications, the cooperation was successful, and due to it, access to the textbooks was facilitated for many students.

Dār al-Ṭalīʿah and the Question of Arab Authenticity in the 1960s

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 228-253
Author(s):  
Ahmad Agbaria
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Cultural Authenticity ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Conventional View ◽  
Cultural Expectations ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Institutional Location

Abstract Cultural institutions and publishing houses have been essential to the making of Arab intellectual conversations in the post-colonial era. The publishing house of Dār al-Ṭalīʿah (est. 1959) played a central role in naturalizing social classifications, ideological views and cultural expectations that have influenced the then-new articulation of the notion of Arab authenticity. Yet, al-Ṭalīʿah was more than a publishing house: it was an intellectual hub that sustained intellectuals and unified them into a coherent group. Despite its centrality, however, the group of authors published by al-Ṭalīʿah has rarely drawn the attention of literary critics or intellectual historians. This article rethinks the connection between ideas and their institutional location, rejecting the conventional view that institutions are only secondary to, or even parasitic on, the supremacy of ideas. Looking at the idea of cultural authenticity (aṣālah) fiercely opposed by al-Ṭalīʿah authors, this article examines the ways the publishing house informed the meaning and deployment of aṣālah during the 1960s, even while rejecting it.

POCHAYIV'S PUBLISHING CENTER AS FACTOR OF CONSOLIDATION OF UKRAINIAN PEOPLE OF THE XVIII - BEGINNING OF THE XIX CENTURY

2017 ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Valentina Bochkovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Printing Industry ◽  
Cultural Centers ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Close Contacts ◽  
Printing House

Pochaivska Lavra was one of the largest cultural centers in the XVIII - the first third of the XIX century. Pochaivs’ka Lavra Printing house, after the printing house of the Kyiv-Pechers’k Monastery, was one of most powerful publishing center in the Ukrainian lands. Until the end of the XVIII century it published about 250 editions in Cyrillic and about 200 editions in Latin and others languages. At present, relevant is unbiased and objective coverage of all aspects of the activity of the Pochayivs’ka Lavra at the period of the Basilians as the least studied and on the other hand as the most productive period, especially in the book publishing process. The purpose of this article is an attempt to determine the role of the Pochayiv monastery as the center of the unification of Ukrainians, analyzing the repertoire of the Pochayiv publishing house at the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the language of publications, their design and contacts with other publishing houses. It is concluded that the most productive activity of the Pochayiv printing house was Uniate period - XVIII - beginning of the XIX century. The typical features of the printing industry of this time were: a diverse repertoire of books that included the spiritual and secular literature of various Christian confessions, original and translated works of religious moralistic content, multilingual editions, and their high artistic level. The activity of the Pochayiv Assumption printing house extending beyond narrow confessional boundaries. Like the Kyiv editions were used not only by the Orthodox, but also by the Catholics of the Byzantine rite, the Pochaiv books and engravings spread among the Orthodox population of Ukraine. The undoubted merit of this cultural and spiritual center was that it continued the tradition of printing Ukrainian-language publications in conditions where the Kyiv- Pechers’ka printing house was deprived of such a possibility under the pressure of decrees of Russian secular and church authorities. The Pochayiv printing house maintained close contacts with other publishing centers - both Uniate and Orthodox. This is evidenced by the active using and reprint of their publications in Pochaiv. Despite the different denominations, there were close contacts between the Pochayiv Uniate and Kyiv-Pechers’k Orthodox printing houses. This testified to the spiritual unity of Ukrainian lands besides state borders, religious and administrative barriers of secular and church authorities.

scholarly journals PUBLISHING SIGN OF UKRAINE OF THE SECOND HALF OF XX – BEGINNING OF XXI CENTURY: TRANSFORMATION IN TIME

2019 ◽  
pp. 116-123
Author(s):  
Petro Nesterenko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Editorial Staff ◽  
The Past ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Artistic Works ◽  
Over Time

Annotation. The article analyzes the little-studied art of the Ukrainian publishing sign, which has a history of almost fifty years and is well known for its highly artistic works. An excursion into the past of the Ukrainian publishing label has been made, collecting documents scattered across various sources of reports on samples of the publishing labels, both known and in the vast majority of unknown authors, and we pay tribute to this important cultural heritage that has developed in the course of the European process. The publishing signs of the second half of XX – beginning of XXI centuries are described and their artistic features are analyzed. The art of the Ukrainian emblem, especially in the last century, has not been practically studied. Probably, the topic is considered too small to draw enough attention. Turning pages of the book, few people pay atten- tion to the publishing house, thanks to which we have the happy opportunity to hold it. The artistic decision of modern publishing signs, which often quite often has a small font character, is not striking. They are created mainly by artists, editorial staff, without paying much attention to this process. However, there are times when they turn out to be the work of talented young artists who, over time, become famous. For example, the well-known art publishing signs for the leading Kiev publishing houses "Art" (artist V. E. Perevalsky) and "Rainbow" (artist O. I. Gubarev), created at that time by young graphic artists, who are now well-known folk artists of Ukraine. However, the art of the sign is an important component of book graphics, it does not lose its relevance at a new stage of society and deserves in-depth study.

scholarly journals Mikhail Prishvin's «Diaries» as a publishing project

Bibliosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
N. Р. Dvortsova
Keyword(s):  
System Analysis ◽  
Publishing Industry ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Local History ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Editorial Work ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses

The research centers upon the bibliographical study of the history (1991–2017) and prehistory (1957–1990) of M. M. Prishvin’s «Diaries» (1905–1954) publication recognized as the longest (18 volumes) diaries in Russian literature.  In modern science Prishvin’s «Diaries» are studied in a number of aspects: as a historical and cultural chron­icle of the country in 1905–1954; the writer’s self-consciousness and creative laboratory; a fiction text in the system of its motives, literary and philosophical contexts, as well as from the point of view of its publishing fate which is narrowly understood as a fragmentary history of its publication.  The paper novelty is due to, first, reconstruction of the history and prehistory of the «Diaries» publication, and second, the system analysis of the publication history in connection with the changing economic models of publishing business, types of publishing houses, their repertoire, strategies, and features of the editorial work during the publication of the collected works. Moreover, the author distinguishes three types of ego-texts in Prishvin’s works (sketch books, diary, and diary books) and, accordingly, different publication strategies.  The study reveals that within the prehistory of the «Diaries» publication there were two main approaches to their publishing: first, they were published in shortened versions (1986); second, in fragmentary versions based on the thematic or chronological principle, most often in a journal variant.  Prishvin’s «Diaries» are considered in the context of the writer’s whole collected works: the pre-Soviet («Znanie Publishing House», 1912–1914) and the Soviet («Gosizdat», 1927–1930, 1929–1931; «Goslitizdat», 1935–1939; «Khudozhestvennaya literature», 1982–1986) periods.  The history of Prishvin’s «Diaries» publication in the post-Soviet period is described as a collective book project carried out by the efforts of five state and non-state publishing houses: «Moskovskii Rabochii» (1991–1995), «Russkaya kniga» (1999–2004), «ROSSPEN» (2012); «Novyi Khronograf» (2013–2014); and «Rostok» (2006–2017). The author demonstrates the «Diaries» connection with the repertoire and strategies of these publishers.  After the reconstruction of the history and prehistory of Prishvin’s «Diaries» publication from the initial fragments to full print and electronic versions, the author convincingly proves that this long-term collective book project belongs to the local history of the Russian publishing industry in the XX–XXI centuries.  

scholarly journals BOOK INDUSTRY OF SIBERIA PROGRESS IN THE XX – THE BEGINNING OF THE XXI CENT.: OVERVIEW OF RESEARCHES

2020 ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
E. A. Stepanov
Keyword(s):  
Book Industry ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Book Production ◽  
Compensatory Mechanisms ◽  
Economic Transformations ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Innovative Potential ◽  
Education Culture

Socio-economic transformations taking place in the XXI century affect all spheres of science, education, culture and production, including book industry. The article substantiates the necessity of studying the innovative potential of book industry of Siberia, the dynamics of its main industries development – book publishing and printing.  The innovative potential of book industry is defined as the ability of book production institutions to implement effectively the specific tasks of preparing, producing and replicating print and electronic publications with the maximum use of available resources.  Conception of current processes of regional publishing business functioning is impossible without studying the history of regional book publishing, Siberian printing industry, specifics of publishing houses activities in the XX cent.  and in the first decades of the XXI cent. for to accentuate attention on the book industry innovative component, perspectives of material, technical, infrastructural, human, financial and other resources development under the conditions of impending global economic crisis, provoked as well by pandemia entailed by coronavirus infection spreading.   Further study, analysis and characteristics of each resource individually are necessary for to actualize and mobilize all compensatory mechanisms of introducing innovations for the future regional book industry development.

‘Always Returning from It’: Neoliberal Capitalism, Retrospect, and Marlon James's A Brief History of Seven Killings

CounterText ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-191
Author(s):  
Sharae Deckard
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Neoliberal Capitalism ◽  
History Of ◽  
Social Totality ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Structural Adjustment Programmes

This article contemplates the question of the afterwardly through a reading of Marlon James's A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014). I argue that in Brief History, anxieties about the inability to summon a future beyond the present – to know a world beyond neoliberal capitalism – are formally generative, providing the literary and cultural material for experimentation. Far from having exhausted the potential of the literary, the novel instead insists on the vitality of counter-hegemonic representation of the rise of the neoliberal world-system, and the capacity to resurrect the ‘not-known’ social totality of an earlier historical event even as it simultaneously struggles to imagine potentialities of collective agency in the present. James constructs a retrospective history of the aftermath of the 1976 attempted assassination of Bob Marley, reinterpreted from the standpoint of the twenty-first century in order to narrate not only the individual traumas incurred by the event, but in order to rematerialise a collective history of the social, systemic, and inter-state violence perpetrated by the neoliberal turn of capitalist accumulation in the Caribbean. In particular, the novel offers a hemispheric view of the complex historical causality of the political destabilisation of Caribbean and Latin American states through CIA-sponsored drug and arms trafficking, the exploitation of extractivist resource regimes, and the economic imposition of structural adjustment programmes.

scholarly journals YURIJ TYSHCHENKO AS A PUBLISHER OF UKRAINIAN BOOKS IN EMIGRATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-23
Author(s):  
Tеtiana Antoniuk
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Book Publishing ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Publishing Process ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
The Awakening ◽  
Personal Connections ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The publishing activity of Yurij Tyshchenko (Siryi) in Ukraine and emigration (1907–1953) as one of the brightest representatives of the process of Ukrainian revival of the first half of the XX century is traced. It is analysed the efforts of a prominent Ukrainian on business in the awakening of national consciousness, forming of identity, knowledge dissemination among the great masses of Ukrainians, distribution of Ukrainian books in Ukraine and in the world through organizing and operation of publishing houses "Dzvin", "UT Publishing House (Yurij Tyshchenko)", active public activity. It is updated the book products of the publishing houses, managed by Yu. Tyshchenko, from the fund of the Foreign Ukrainistics Department of the Bibliology Institute of Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine. Special attention is paid to scientific, popular science, educational and children's book. There are given content and book characteristics and there are found out the ways of distribution of the Ukrainian book in emigration conditions. There are traced the relationship of the enterprises managed by Yu.Tyshchenko with Ukrainian establishments, organizations and public associations in emigration and in Ukraine. On the example of activity of Yu. Tyshchenko in emigration, it is shown the complexity of publishing process organization and the life and activities of Ukrainian political emigration abroad. Considerable attention is paid to the works of Yu. Tyshchenko himself, prepared, published and reprinted in Ukraine and the diaspora. The personal connections and cooperation of Yu. Tyshchenko with prominent Ukrainian scientific, political and public figures of the first half of the XX century are revealed. Attention is accented on the contribution of a prominent Ukrainian figure in the development of Ukrainian book publishing, book distribution, Ukrainian cultural and national revival. On the example of Yu. Tyshchenko's activity in emigration, the complexity of the organization of the publishing process and the life and activity of Ukrainian political emigration abroad is shown.

scholarly journals Analysis of cover designs of art books published in Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 1323-1337
Author(s):  
Bahar Soğukkuyu
Keyword(s):  
Publishing House ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Turkish Literature ◽  
History Of ◽  
Publishing Group ◽  
Publishing Houses ◽  
The Individual

The action of thinking, which is human-specific, forms the basis of art since yesterday. The individual and the communities not only relieve their vital activities, but also produce products that carry aesthetic value by utilizing the power of sensory and intellectual expression, and use them, keep them, transfer them to future generations, and they are the result of their spiritual meaning beyond their existing constitution. Analyzing the art works, movements, periods and artists in relation to different disciplines such as history, sociology, philosophy, mythology, explaining the concepts of art are some of the purposes of writing the art books. In this study, the current cover designs of books related to the history of art in Turkish literature, will be examined descriptively in accordance with the visual design elements. Research, 21 publishing houses in Turkey (Alfa Publishing, Ayrıntı Publishing, Boyut Publishing Group, Can Publications, Domingo Publishing House, Dost Bookstore, HayalPerest Books, İş Bankası Publications, Janus Publishing, Kabalcı Publisher, Koç University Publications, Literatür Publishing, PEGEM A Publishing, Remzi Bookstore, Say Publications, Sel Publishing, Tekhne Publications, Ütopya Publications, Yapı Kredi Publications, Yeditepe Publishing House, YEM Publication) are limited to published art books. In this study, while performing descriptive analysis of art books cover designs published in Turkey, the importance of the form in reflecting the content has been tried to be revealed. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.   Özet İnsana özgü bir nitelik olan düşünme eylemi, dünden bugüne sanatın temelini oluşturur. Bireyin ve toplulukların sadece yaşamsal faaliyetlerini gidermekle yetinmeyip duyusal ve düşünsel ifade gücünden faydalanarak estetik değer taşıyan ürünler ortaya çıkarmaları ve bu eserleri kullanmaları, saklamaları, gelecekteki nesillere aktarmaları, üretilen esere var olan somutluğunun ötesinde manevi anlam yüklemelerinin sonucudur.  Sanat eserlerinin, akımlarının, dönemlerinin ve sanatçıların tarih, sosyoloji, felsefe, mitoloji gibi farklı disiplinlerle ilişkilendirilerek analiz edilmesi, sanat kavramlarının açıklanması sanat kitaplarının yazılmasındaki amaçlardan birkaçıdır. Bu çalışmada, güncel Türkiye literatüründe yer alan sanatın tarihine ilişkin kitapların kapak tasarımları, görsel tasarım unsurları doğrultusunda betimsel incelenecektir. Araştırma, Türkiye’deki 21 yayınevinde (Alfa Yayınları, Ayrıntı Yayınları, Boyut Yayın Grubu, Can Yayınları, Domingo Yayinevi, Dost Kitabevi, HayalPerest Kitap, İş Bankası Yayınları, Janus Yayıncılık, Kabalcı Yayınevi, Koç Üniversitesi Yayınları, Literatür Yayıncılık, PEGEM A Yayıncılık, Remzi Kitabevi, Say Yayınları, Sel Yayıncılık, Tekhne Yayınları, Ütopya Yayınevi, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Yeditepe Yayınevi, YEM Yayın) basılan sanat kitapları ile sınırlıdır. Çalışmada, Türkiye'de yayınlanan sanat kitaplarının kapak tasarımlarının betimsel analizi gerçekleştirilirken, biçimin içeriği yansıtmadaki önemi ortaya konulmaya çalışılmıştır.

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