Text "superpowers": A study of computers in homeless shelters

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 705-740

  Moser, Mary Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Homelessness; Information technology; Smart communities; Sociology of technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350547882     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243908329568     Document Type: Article

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