We drew what we imagined: Participatory mapping, performance, and the arts of landscape making

Current Anthropology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-476

  Sletto, Bjørn Ingmunn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 69249196242     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593704     Document Type: Article

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