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This chapter synthesises the main arguments of the book and outlines some of their implications for achieving sustainable development. A central argument presented is that the present ethnography and analysis constitutes a counterargument to the widespread ideas that societal trust is low in Latin American societies because it is concentrated within kinship and clientelist relationships. Rather than this being the case, trusting has a precarious foundation in the Ladino lifeworld, both in the private and public domains. As people create closures around themselves to ward off the social injustices emerging from the colonial past and a violent, unequal present, actors working towards a more sustainable future could promote societal trust by working to undo these injustices. With regard to the stewardship of Maya archaeological sites, this also includes a decolonialisation of archaeological and historical knowledge.
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Ystanes, M. (2021). Conclusions: Trusting and Sustainable Development. In: (Mis)trusting Development. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89320-0_7
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