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Riverhood: political ecologies of socionature commoning and translocal struggles for water justice

Rutgerd Boelensa Department Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, and CEDLA, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Arturo Escobarb Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USAView further author information
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Karen Bakkerc Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaView further author information
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Lena Hommesd Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NetherlandsView further author information
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Erik Swyngedouwe Department of Geography, University of Manchester, Manchester, UKView further author information
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Barbara Hogenboomf CEDLA, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsView further author information
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Edward H. Huijbensg Cultural Geography Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NetherlandsView further author information
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Sue Jacksonh Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6498-5783View further author information
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Jeroen Vosd Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NetherlandsView further author information
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Leila M. Harrisi Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CanadaView further author information
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K.J. Joyj SOPPECOM Society for Promoting Participative Ecosystem Management, Pune, IndiaView further author information
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Fabio de Castrof CEDLA, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsView further author information
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Bibiana Duarte-Abadíad Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NetherlandsView further author information
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Daniele Tubino de Souzad Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NetherlandsView further author information
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Heila Lotz-Sisitkak Department of Transformative Social Learning and Sustainability, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South AfricaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-9881View further author information
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Joan Martínez-Alierm ICTA, Department of Economics, Autonomous University Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainView further author information
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Carles Sanchis-Iborp Valencian Centre for Irrigation Studies, Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, SpainView further author information
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Diana Suhardimanq Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies, Leiden, NetherlandsView further author information
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Arjen Walss Education and Learning Sciences, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands and Norwegian Life Sciences University, Ås, NorwayORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4735-1126View further author information
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Karl M. Wantzenv UNESCO Chair River Culture, CNRS UMR CITERES, Universities of Tours and of Strasbourg, FranceView further author information
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