Intersectionality: Resistance, Care, and Decolonial Futures in Crisis Times

Forfattere

  • Mathias Klitgård University of Stavanger, Norway
  • Sara Louise Muhr Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
  • Ana María Munar Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
  • Mie Plotnikof Aarhus University
  • Jacobo Ramirez Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/kkf.v38i2.167706

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2025-12-31

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Klitgård, M., Muhr, S. L., Munar, A. M., Plotnikof, M., & Ramirez, J. (2025). Intersectionality: Resistance, Care, and Decolonial Futures in Crisis Times. Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 38(2), 16. https://doi.org/10.7146/kkf.v38i2.167706

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