An Unpause-ish Statement

An ACME Editorial

Authors

  • ACME Editorial Collective

Abstract

What is critical geography, and what can, and must, it be? As a journal that embraces radical visions for the field, we embrace this question again and again. Now we write to announce a renewed vision for ACME that brings the journal into conversation with broader publics and further defines and advances our scholarly and activist commitments. 

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Published

2023-03-17

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ACME Editorial Collective. (2023). An Unpause-ish Statement: An ACME Editorial . ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 22(1), 750–761. Retrieved from https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/2332