Engaging with feminist postcolonial concerns through participatory action research and intersectionality

Geographica Helvetica

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 147-154

  Schurr, C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84984404767     PISSN: 0016-7312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/gh-67-147-2012     Document Type: Article

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