Introducing JLAG em Tradução/JLAG en Traducción

Abstract

W ith this special issue celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Conference of Latin American Geography (formerly the Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers, or CLAG), we present the inaugural installment of a new, recurring section of JLAG: JLAG em Tradução / JLAG en Traducción. This new section will feature translations either from Spanish or Portuguese to English, or from English to Spanish or Portuguese that will be published in the same issue of JLAG as the original article, and that have the potential to make broad and long-lasting contributions to theoretical, methodological, and topical debates in Latin American geography, but which may not oth

Whose geography do we review?

“…Many of us have long considered career stage, gender, regional or national origin, and language as we invite people to consider contributing to Geography Compass . Recent efforts by editorial teams for other journals in the discipline (e.g., the Journal of Latin American Geography ) resonate with our own work to counter Anglo‐centricity in our research communities (Finn et al., 2020). The overriding concern in our reflexive process of recruiting authors for Geography Compass is to correct social norms that center only some perspectives and voices.…”

Introduction

“…This book review forum advances two of JLAG's editorial priorities: 1) to facilitate better South-North geographical dialogues, especially highlighting Latin American perspectives; and 2) to facilitate communication and circulation of diverse scholarly ideas through translation (see Finn et al, 2020).…”