Untangling the unwired: Wi-Fi and the cultural inversion of infrastructure

Space and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-285

  Mackenzie, Adrian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications technology; Infrastructure; Internet; Mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845263738     PISSN: 12063312     EISSN: 15528308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1206331205277464     Document Type: Review

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