ABSTRACT The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Stellenbosch University is the oldest geography department in South Africa and celebrates its centenary in 2020. This paper provides insight into a range of publications that emanated from the department during that time. The presentation is periodized in three sections of review and analysis: the genesis of the department from 1920 up to 1947; the apartheid period of 1948 to 1993; and the democratic era (1994–2019). Drawing on various sources it appears that published research in the department amounted to a meagre output in the early years by one staff member. Publication numbers grew in the 1960s and 1970s. This period was, however, characterized by publications mostly in South African journals and generally in Afrikaans. This period also consolidated a positivist epistemology that remains to the present. Research output increased in the 1990s. The past decade (2010s) saw publication output rise steeply to register more than half of all publications ever produced in the department. This was due to the establishment of research centres in the department, increased staff complements and the appointment of research fellows.

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斯泰伦博斯大学地理出版趋势概览

摘要 斯泰伦博斯大学地理与环境研究系是南非历史最悠久的地理系，并于 2020 年庆祝成立一百周年。本文提供了对该系在此期间发表的一系列出版物的见解。介绍分为三个部分的回顾和分析：1920 年至 1947 年该部门的起源；1948年至1993年的种族隔离时期；和民主时代（1994-2019）。从各种来源来看，该部门发表的研究成果似乎在早年仅由一名工作人员完成。出版物数量在 1960 年代和 1970 年代有所增长。然而，这一时期的特点是主要在南非期刊上发表文章，并且通常以南非荷兰语发表。这一时期也巩固了至今仍存在的实证主义认识论。研究产出在 1990 年代有所增加。过去十年（2010 年代），出版物产量急剧上升，登记了该部门有史以来出版的所有出版物的一半以上。这是由于系内设立研究中心，增加人员编制和任命研究员。