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Alienation flows through the barrel of a gun: Despair, mass shootings, and suicide in an American settler colony 枪管里流淌着异化：美国移民殖民地的绝望、大规模枪击和自杀

Human Geography Pub Date : 2023-11-20 DOI: 10.1177/19427786231215743

Levi Gahman

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Alpha territorialisation in Milan: Framing a research agenda 米兰的阿尔法地域化：制定研究议程

Human Geography Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI: 10.1177/19427786231213279

Paola Briata, Stefano Di Vita

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Corrigendum to “Social movements’ struggles under new municipalism: Confronting the neoliberal Parque Pümpin megaproject in Valparaíso city” 新市政主义下的社会运动斗争：对抗瓦尔帕莱索市新自由主义 Parque Pümpin 大型项目" 更正

Human Geography Pub Date : 2023-11-15 DOI: 10.1177/19427786231214524

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Women’s organizing against extractivism: towards a decolonial multi-sited analysis 妇女组织起来反对采掘主义：实现非殖民多遗址分析

Human Geography Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/1942778620910898

M. Caretta, Sofia Zaragocin, Bethani Turley, Kamila Torres Orellana

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