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Knowledge Unlatched Open Access Books Gender Studies and African Studies Collections

What is Knowledge Unlatched?

Knowledge Unlatched was established in 2012. Knowledge Unlatched (KU) offers free access to scholarly content for every reader across the world. Their online platform provides libraries worldwide with a central place to support open access models from leading publishing houses and new open access initiatives.

KU has an advisory board. KU then sends the titles to libraries to pledge to convert the titles to open access if they have enough interest.

Taylor & Francis partnership with Knowledge Unlatched

Taylor & Francis have collaborated with Knowledge Unlatched to unlock KU Select titles as well as two subject specific collections in Gender Studies and African Studies. The Knowledge Unlatched titles have been made open access through libraries coming together to crowd fund the publication cost. Each monograph has been released as open access making the eBook freely available to readers worldwide.

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Browse the following open access African Studies titles available through the Knowledge Unlatched initiative

Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa

African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development

African Perspectives on Religion and Climate Change

Africa’s Soft Power: Philosophies, Political Values, Foreign Policies and Cultural Exports

Decolonizing Political Communication in Africa: Reframing Ontologies

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

Justice and Human Rights in the African Imagination

Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa

Religion and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Southern Africa

Rethinking White Societies in Southern Africa

The Constitution and Governance in Cameroon

The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the Recolonization of Africa

The Literary History of the Igbo Novel

Youth-Led Social Movements and Peacebuilding in Africa

The South African Response to COVID-19

Nigeria’s Third-Generation Literature

Climate Change Epistemologies in Southern Africa

Decolonising Political Communication in Africa

Africa in Crisis

Preventing HIV Among Young People in Southern and Eastern Africa

Gender, Judging and the Courts in Africa

African Identities and International Politics

Human Security and Sustainable Development in East Africa

Parliament in Ethiopia

Traditional Authority and Security in Contemporary Nigeria

Browse the following open access Gender Studies titles available through the Knowledge Unlatched initiative

Aggression in Pornography

Bisexuality in Europe

Comparative Perspectives on Gender Equality in Japan and Norway

Dismantling Rape Culture: The Peacebuilding Power of “MeToo”

Feminist Existentialism, Biopolitics, and Critical Phenomenology in a Time of Bad Health

Forced Migration in the Feminist Imagination

Kathy Acker: Punk Writer

Queer Kinship on the Edge? Families of Choice in Poland

Queer Roma

Queering the Migrant in Contemporary European Cinema

Sex Work on Campus

The Everyday Lives of Gay Men

The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World:
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Challenges, and the Prospects for the Future

Hipster Porn:
Queer Masculinities and Affective Sexualities in the Fanzine Butt

Queer and Trans People of Colour in the UK

Leading Change in Gender and Diversity in Higher Education from Margins to Mainstream

Refiguring Motherhood Beyond Biology

Benefits for Libraries

Research has found that open access book chapters are downloaded 7 times more than non-open access titles, were cited 50% more and mentioned online 10 times more.
For libraries, MARC records will be provided for seamless cataloging of titles. In addition, quarterly usage reports will be distributed to demonstrate the impact and uptake of these titles.
Supporters receive 35% discount on print editions of these titles in recognition of KU participation
Guaranteed access: Libraries who pledge their support to a specific collection will be guaranteed free access to the digital version of all the books included in the collection – either to the open access version or the closed digital version should the full funding target not be reached.

Taylor & Francis Partnership with Knowledge Unlatched

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