An anthropologist underwater: Immersive soundscapes, submarine cyborgs, and transductive ethnography

American Ethnologist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 621-641

  Helmreich, Stefan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropology of science; Anthropology of sound; Cyborgs; Immersion; Soundscapes

Indexed keywords

EID: 35048814410     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ae.2007.34.4.621     Document Type: Article

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