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The book focuses on the establishment and development of geography as an academic discipline at Stellenbosch University, South Africa’s founding geography department. It serves as a companion publication to other contributions which have explored the genesis and expansion of geography at Stellenbosch and papers published in the 2020 South African Geographical Journal
Special Issue celebrating the department’s centenary. The authors seek to highlight the development of the discipline and its institutionalisation as part of the academic offerings of the university, while providing details about the teaching and research conducted, as well as the people who contributed to these endeavours.
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Author: Gustav Visser and Jan de Waal
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Published Date: 10/1/2020
Enterprise Keywords: Department of Geography and Environmental Science; STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY; History; development
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Opsomming: Die boek ondersoek die vestiging en ontwikkeling van geografie as 'n akademiese dissipline op Stellenbos, Suid-Afrika se eerste geografie departement. Die evolusie van geografie-onderrig, navorsing en die betrokke akademici word uiteengesit.
Summary: The book focusses on the establishment and development of geography as an academic discipline at Stellenbosch, South Africa's founding geography department. The evolution of geography teaching, research and the academics involved are outlined.
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