The problem of tools: Technology and the sharing of knowledge

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-117

  Thurk, Jessica ^a   Fine, Gary Alan ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Swed Collegium Adv Stud Social S   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Knowledge; Science; Technology; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038037730     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699303046002002     Document Type: Article

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