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The Americas manifest a long history of (often forced) entanglements that resulted-amongst others-in migration processes, uneven economic structures, transnational networks of individuals, and political institutions of colonialist origin. This diachronic dimension is profoundly infused with the persistent inequalities shaped by coloniality. Indigenous movements in the Andean region have framed their demands in a narration of anti-colonial resistance since the times of the Conquest, a narration that opens up perspectives towards new political projects, as can be seen in the debate on the alternative cosmovision of

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Olaf Kaltmeier studierte Soziologie, Geographie und Ethnologie in Bochum und Münster. Er ist heute am Institut für Theologie und Politik in Münster tätig.

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