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Education and Socio-environmental Justice in the Pluriverse

Epistemic territories of kawsak sacha (living forest): cosmopolitics and cosmoeducation

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Pages 331-348 | Received 16 Oct 2023, Accepted 17 Jan 2024, Published online: 26 Jan 2024

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