Revisiting the notion of boundary object

Revue d'Anthropologie des Connaissances

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-27

  Trompette, Pascale ^a   Vinck, Dominique ^a  

^a Laboratoire PACTE   (France)

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EID: 68549103533     PISSN: 17605393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/rac.006.0003     Document Type: Review

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