{"id":22105,"date":"2022-11-05T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sino-africanstudies.com\/editorial-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T17:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T16:01:03","slug":"editorial-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.sino-africanstudies.com\/en\/editorial-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Aims &amp; Scope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_463208598\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  \" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"max-width:1200px\" id=\"row-122997503\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1687720691\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-482286538\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-482286538 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1468395200\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1468395200 {\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-1468395200 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-1468395200 {\n    font-size: 2.5rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1687720691 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1687720691 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 0px 0px 30px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_463208598 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 300px;\n}\n#section_463208598 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/old.sino-africanstudies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Couverture-RESA.jpeg);\n}\n#section_463208598 .section-bg {\n  background-position: 73% 0%;\n}\n#section_463208598 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_463208598 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_463208598 {\n    min-height: 450px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #section_463208598 {\n    min-height: 603px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle row-box-shadow-1\"  id=\"row-984756101\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-378610741\" class=\"col medium-11 small-12 large-11\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1359556967\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1359556967 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-4113772742\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 150%;\">Aims &amp; Scope<\/span><\/h1>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><span style=\"color: #50b848;\"><strong><em>Journal of Sino-African Studies (JSAS)<\/em><\/strong><\/span> (ISSN-E: 2791-3546) is an international, independent journal of humanities and social sciences created in 2022 by the Association for the Promotion of Sino-African Studies<em><strong> (APSAS)<\/strong><\/em>. The Journal publishes double-blind peer-reviewed articles. Three issues are published annually, and are available online and freely accessible on its website. The publications are in French, English and Chinese. The journal provides a platform for scholars to publish original and quality texts related to China-Africa relations in general, and in particular the promotion of educational and socio-cultural exchanges between China and African countries. The journal is dedicated to building an inclusive platform for academic exchange in the field of Chinese-African studies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Manuscripts are expected to address the following non-exhaustive areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>China-Africa cooperation in education and comparative education<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>FOCAC issues for Africa&#8217;s development<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>Socio-cultural exchanges between Africa and China<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>Africa and the Belt and Road Initiative<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>African students in China<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>Confucius Institutes in Africa<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>African Studies Centres in China<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>African Literature Studies in China<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>Chinese Literature Studies in Africa<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>Translation\/interpreting\/intercultural mediation<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>African languages teaching &amp; learning in China<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em>Chinese language teaching &amp; learning in Africa<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">To contribute to a mutual and objective understanding between Africa and China, the journal accepts manuscripts that meet the following requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><strong><em>Analysing practices<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Analysing practices by promoting empirical research based on a solid methodology, and allowing to be as close as possible to the experience of the authors.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><strong><em>(Re) thinking the Sino-African Studies<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Thinking about the place of the subject chosen by the authors in a specific social environment. It is strongly hoped that the subject will be linked to observed and experienced social facts whose narration, description and critical analysis will enable readers to form a true, fair and objective idea of the facts.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em><strong>Assessing representations<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">This involves questioning imagined, ideological and even theoretical representations. applying doubt, uncertainty and questioning the generally easily accepted evidences.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><em><strong>Scrutinising different approaches<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"alt-font\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">Crossing and confronting different approaches, in short, of decompartmentalising knowledge. 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