The Face of ‘the Other’: Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters and the Art of Outplaying Them

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The Face of ‘the Other’ : Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters and the Art of Outplaying Them. / Grünenberg, Kristina.

The Imposter as Social Theory: Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats and Charlatans. ed. / Steve Woolgar; Else Vogel; David Moats; Claes-Fredrik Helgesson. Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021. p. 191-217.

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Harvard

Grünenberg, K 2021, The Face of ‘the Other’: Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters and the Art of Outplaying Them. in S Woolgar, E Vogel, D Moats & C-F Helgesson (eds), The Imposter as Social Theory: Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats and Charlatans. Bristol University Press, Bristol, pp. 191-217.

APA

Grünenberg, K. (2021). The Face of ‘the Other’: Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters and the Art of Outplaying Them. In S. Woolgar, E. Vogel, D. Moats, & C-F. Helgesson (Eds.), The Imposter as Social Theory: Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats and Charlatans (pp. 191-217). Bristol University Press.

Vancouver

Grünenberg K. The Face of ‘the Other’: Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters and the Art of Outplaying Them. In Woolgar S, Vogel E, Moats D, Helgesson C-F, editors, The Imposter as Social Theory: Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats and Charlatans. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 2021. p. 191-217

Author

Grünenberg, Kristina. / The Face of ‘the Other’ : Biometric Facial Recognition, Imposters and the Art of Outplaying Them. The Imposter as Social Theory: Thinking with Gatecrashers, Cheats and Charlatans. editor / Steve Woolgar ; Else Vogel ; David Moats ; Claes-Fredrik Helgesson. Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021. pp. 191-217

Bibtex

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