Actor-Network Theory and Methodology: Social Research in a More-Than-Human World
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Actor-network theory and methodology: social research in a more-than-human world
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عنوان ژورنال: Methodological Innovations Online
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1748-0612
DOI: 10.4256/mio.2011.010