Peripheries Are Supposed to Quote

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.vxyghr-2493

Keywords:

punk collective autoethnography, semi-periphery, inequalities, internationality, academic knowledge

Abstract

This is an angry punk collective autoethnography – we scream about inequalities in knowledge production.

This is an angry punk collective autoethnography – we scream about our experience of being rejected by so-called international journals.

This is an angry punk collective autoethnography – we scream in Polish and English according to the margin lever.

This is an angry punk collective autoethnography – we scream from the semi-periphery. We’re really screwed!

Author Biographies

Oskar Szwabowski, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology

Oskar Szwabowski, Professor of Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Department of Pedagogy. He is a critical educator, autoethnographer, and unfulfilled writer.

Piotr Zańko, Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology

Piotr Zańko, Associate Professor at the Pomeranian University in Słupsk, Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology. His primary area of research interests are: educational and philosophical contexts of cultural resistance.

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2026-02-24

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Szwabowski, O., & Zańko, P. (2026). Peripheries Are Supposed to Quote. ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 25(1), 106–115. https://doi.org/10.14288/acme.vxyghr-2493

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