Database ethnographies using social science methodologies to enhance data analysis and interpretation

Geography Compass

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1529-1548

  Schuurman, Nadine ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 66449102588     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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