On making infrastructure visible: Putting the non-humans to rights

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-89

  Pinch, Trevor ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Non humans; Ontology; Sociology; Technology

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; POLITICS; SOCIALISM;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77950924860     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bep044     Document Type: Article

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