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What is intersectionality? How did it emerge and what was it a response to? How
does it relate to feminist and other critical theories?
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statement mean? How does a feminist knowledge production differ from dominant
forms of knowledge creation? (Hint: think about the scales, spaces and stories a
feminist research project might highlight that other agendas might not).
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constructed i 1e ways in which gender or gender binaries have been
in relation to urban processes, capitalism, consumerism, and/or space.
pa to feminist geographers, what is the relationship between gender and
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