AUC GEOGRAPHICA
AUC GEOGRAPHICA

We are pleased to share that the AUC Geographica was awarded an Impact Factor of 0.6 in the 2022 Journal Citation Reports™ released by Clarivate in June 2023. AUC Geographica ranks (JCI) in Q3 in Geography.

AUC Geographica (Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica) is a scholarly academic journal continuously published since 1966 that publishes research in the broadly defined field of geography: physical geography, geo-ecology, regional, social, political and economic geography, regional development, cartography, geoinformatics, demography and geo-demography.

AUC Geographica also publishes articles that contribute to advances in geographic theory and methodology and address the questions of regional, socio-economic and population policy-making in Czechia.

Periodical twice yearly.
Release dates: June 30, December 31

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Journal metrics 2022

Web of Science
Impact factor (JCR®): 0.6
Journal Citation Indicator (JCI): 0.24
Rank (JCI): Q3 in Geography

Scopus
Cite Score: 1.1
Rank (ASJC): Q3 in Geography, Planning and Development; Q3 in General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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AUC GEOGRAPHICA, Vol 57 No 2 (2022), 147–157

From geopolitics to anti-geopolitics: The story of Cameroonian bilingualism

Josef Kučera

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23361980.2022.12
zveřejněno: 14. 12. 2022

Abstract

The aim of the article is to examine how Cameroonian bilingualism was portrayed in academic literature and how it fit into the ongo¬ing geopolitical dynamics. The article considers two time periods for the geopolitical narrativization of African states (1960–1990 and 1990–2020). These two periods differ not only in geopolitical narrativization, but also in the shift in academic paradigms. This article employs geopolitical and anti-geopolitical approaches to show how the state’s narrative of bilingualism has been filling into the globally accepted narratives. Cameroon was chosen as the extreme case, where the two former colonial languages (English and French) share the same status, defining Cameroon as a bilingual country. The conclusion of the article is that Cameroon’s bilingual status has the ability to fit into the current geopolitical narratives. Beside the dominant narrative, there was present at least one important narrative.

klíčová slova: anti-geopolitics; bilingualism; Cameroon; geopolitics; language policy

reference (1)

1. Welch, C. E. (1966): Dream of Unity: Pan-Africanism and Political Unification in West Africa. Ithaca, N. Y.: Cornel University Press. CrossRef

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210 x 297 mm
vychází: 2 x ročně
cena tištěného čísla: 200 Kč
ISSN: 0300-5402
E-ISSN: 2336-1980

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