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  1. Department of Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DK, Denmark

    Ole Skovsmose

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  1. Department of Education, Centre for Mathematics Education, London South Bank University, London, UK

    Stephen Lerman

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  1. Department of Education and Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Eva Jablonka

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Skovsmose, O. (2020). Mathematization as Social Process. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15789-0_112

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