Beyond the Head: The Practical Work of Curating Contemporary Art

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-467

  Acord, Sophia Krzys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Cultural sociology; Distributed cognition; Object interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149496949     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-010-9164-y     Document Type: Article

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