The Anthropology of Technology: The Formation of a Field

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The Anthropology of Technology : The Formation of a Field. / Bruun, Maja Hojer; Wahlberg, Ayo.

The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. ed. / Maja Hojer Bruun; Ayo Wahlberg; Rachel Douglas-Jones; Cathrine Hasse; Klaus Hoeyer; Dorthe Brogård Kristensen; Brit Ross Winthereik. Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 1-33.

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Harvard

Bruun, MH & Wahlberg, A 2022, The Anthropology of Technology: The Formation of a Field. in MH Bruun, A Wahlberg, R Douglas-Jones, C Hasse, K Hoeyer, DB Kristensen & BR Winthereik (eds), The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore, pp. 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_1

APA

Bruun, M. H., & Wahlberg, A. (2022). The Anthropology of Technology: The Formation of a Field. In M. H. Bruun, A. Wahlberg, R. Douglas-Jones, C. Hasse, K. Hoeyer, D. B. Kristensen, & B. R. Winthereik (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology (pp. 1-33). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_1

Vancouver

Bruun MH, Wahlberg A. The Anthropology of Technology: The Formation of a Field. In Bruun MH, Wahlberg A, Douglas-Jones R, Hasse C, Hoeyer K, Kristensen DB, Winthereik BR, editors, The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. 2022. p. 1-33 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_1

Author

Bruun, Maja Hojer ; Wahlberg, Ayo. / The Anthropology of Technology : The Formation of a Field. The Palgrave Handbook of the Anthropology of Technology. editor / Maja Hojer Bruun ; Ayo Wahlberg ; Rachel Douglas-Jones ; Cathrine Hasse ; Klaus Hoeyer ; Dorthe Brogård Kristensen ; Brit Ross Winthereik. Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. pp. 1-33

Bibtex

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