Materializing ideas: A socio-material perspective on the organizing of cultural production

European Journal of Cultural Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-297

  Strandvad, Sara Malou ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

actor network theory; attachment; co production; immutable mobiles; mediation; mutable mobiles; production of culture; socio materiality; sociology of art

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958081217     PISSN: 13675494     EISSN: 14603551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367549410396615     Document Type: Article

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