Data witnessing: making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Data witnessing : making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark. / Dalsgaard, Steffen; Haarløv, Rasmus Tyge; Bille, Mikkel.

I: HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Bind 11, Nr. 2, 01.09.2021, s. 521-536.

Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt

Harvard

Dalsgaard, S, Haarløv, RT & Bille, M 2021, 'Data witnessing: making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark', HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, bind 11, nr. 2, s. 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1086/717018

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Dalsgaard, S., Haarløv, R. T., & Bille, M. (2021). Data witnessing: making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, 11(2), 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1086/717018

Vancouver

Dalsgaard S, Haarløv RT, Bille M. Data witnessing: making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark. HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2021 sep. 1;11(2):521-536. https://doi.org/10.1086/717018

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Dalsgaard, Steffen ; Haarløv, Rasmus Tyge ; Bille, Mikkel. / Data witnessing : making sense of urban air in Copenhagen, Denmark. I: HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. 2021 ; Bind 11, Nr. 2. s. 521-536.

Bibtex

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