From co-location to co-presence: Shifts in the use of ethnography for the study of knowledge

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 453-470

  Beaulieu, Anne ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Database; E research; E science; Ethnography; Infrastructure; Laboratory studies; Methods; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952653350     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312709359219     Document Type: Article

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