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WILMOT, Di  e  VAN DER MERWE, Clinton David. South African Geography educators' contributions to Geography Education: A perspective from the 35^th International Geographical Congress, Dublin City University, Ireland, August 2024. JoGEA [online]. 2025, vol.8, pp.33-47. ISSN 2788-9114.  https://doi.org/10.46622/jogea.v8i1.5434.

A key responsibility of academic scholarship is to contribute to and further develop the field of disciplinary enquiry. This paper offers a critical qualitative reflection on how South African Geography Education scholars are contributing to and advancing the field of enquiry from the perspective of the International Geographical Congress held in Dublin (Ireland) in August 2024. This event is the largest global gathering of Geography scholars and researchers in some 43 commissions, one of which is Geography Education. This study provides an overview of who produces knowledge and where it is being produced in the Global North and Global South. This is followed by a thematic analysis of the nine abstracts of the South African papers presented at the Congress. The findings affirm the scholarly contribution South African scholars are making to the field, both individually and in collaboration with colleagues and postgraduate students. The findings also reveal unevenness in terms of who contributes, and highlights factors constraining participation in the field of Geography Education. The paper concludes by identifying how constraining factors may be addressed to cultivate a stronger, more inclusive, Global South voice in the field of Geography Education.

Palavras-chave : International Geographical Union; Commission on Geographical Education; authorship; emergent trends; pedagogy; GIS.

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